April Exercise Briefing for Region D Tift Regional Medical Center Exercise April 10 th Region D and N “Atlanta Metro” Exercise April 17 th

ACTIVITIES TO DATE July 2006 Regional Coordinating Hospital Exercise July 2006 Regional Coordinating Hospital Exercise –Good interaction between RCHs. –Valuable Lessons Learned November Statewide Pandemic Flu Exercise. November Statewide Pandemic Flu Exercise. –We believe this was the largest single exercise of its type ever attempted. –130 individual After Action Reports were sent

Tift RCH Exercise April 10 th, 2007 Table top today Table top today Held 8 AM – 1 PM at Tifton Held 8 AM – 1 PM at Tifton Hazardous Chemicals from 2 railcars Hazardous Chemicals from 2 railcars

Tift Regional Medical Center Exercise All day full scale exercise All day full scale exercise Scenario is Chemical Release Scenario is Chemical Release Participants include Tift Hospital, Local Fire, Local Police, Local Emergency Management, the Public Health District, and others. Participants include Tift Hospital, Local Fire, Local Police, Local Emergency Management, the Public Health District, and others.

Region “D” and “N” Atlanta-Metro Full-Scale Exercise – April 17 th 2007 Conducted by the University of Georgia's "CDC Center for Mass Destruction Defense (CMADD)“ Conducted by the University of Georgia's "CDC Center for Mass Destruction Defense (CMADD)“ –funded by a grant from the Georgia Public Health Department –with exercise support from the Georgia Hospital Association. Full Functional Exercise with eight hospitals playing at Level Three Full Functional Exercise with eight hospitals playing at Level Three –Variously testing: Surge, Isolation, Communications, Security and Incident Command Level 3 Hospitals/Players: Grady Hospital, St. Josephs Hospital, Newton Medical Center, Emory Healthcare, Emory Crawford Long, Emory University, Emory Police Department, Emory Eastside, Johns Creek, and Wesley Woods. Level 3 Hospitals/Players: Grady Hospital, St. Josephs Hospital, Newton Medical Center, Emory Healthcare, Emory Crawford Long, Emory University, Emory Police Department, Emory Eastside, Johns Creek, and Wesley Woods.

3 Levels of Play Level 1 – Level 1 – Geographic area not affected by spill or plumeGeographic area not affected by spill or plume Receives decontaminated patients only from other hospitals via ambulanceReceives decontaminated patients only from other hospitals via ambulance Activate the Incident Command and monitor and post to Live ProcessActivate the Incident Command and monitor and post to Live Process Level 2 – Level 2 – Geographic area not affected by spill or plumeGeographic area not affected by spill or plume Receive decon’d casualties by ambulanceReceive decon’d casualties by ambulance Receive self-transported, contaminated casualtiesReceive self-transported, contaminated casualties Some choose to exercise their decon teamSome choose to exercise their decon team Activate the Incident Command and monitor and post to Live ProcessActivate the Incident Command and monitor and post to Live Process

Levels of Play - ctd Level 3 Level 3 Geographic area affected by spill or plumeGeographic area affected by spill or plume Receive decon’d casualties by ambulanceReceive decon’d casualties by ambulance Receive self-transported contaminated casualtiesReceive self-transported contaminated casualties Most chose to activate decon team and/or other hospital functionsMost chose to activate decon team and/or other hospital functions Activate the Incident Command and monitor and post to live processActivate the Incident Command and monitor and post to live process

Exercise Design "The Atlanta Story" for the exercise is... "The Atlanta Story" for the exercise is... –Two terrorist incidents on highways around Atlanta and one on I-20 near Newton. –Terrorist related and while there is no initial indication that this is the case, there are several hundred citizens who are poisoned and contaminated by these events. –The "accidents" that occurred involved tanker trucks and several automobiles. Fire and Police responded to the scene and some of them became contaminated rescuing individuals from the crashes. –Patients are transported to the nearest hospitals by EMS and some subsequently reported to other hospitals on a walk-in basis The numbers eventually overwhelmed the nearest Atlanta Metro Hospitals and additional injured had to be rerouted to mutual aid facilities. –Unique modeling of hospital specific conditions

Region “D” and “N” Atlanta Metro Exercise There are five hospitals playing Level 2. There are five hospitals playing Level 2. There are seven hospitals playing Level 1. There are seven hospitals playing Level 1. One is undecided as to Public level One is undecided as to Public level There are twenty hospitals, the CDC and at least four Health Districts playing. There are twenty hospitals, the CDC and at least four Health Districts playing.

DPH Atlanta Metro Exercise Logistics Track FULL SCALE FUNCTIONAL EXERCISE April 17th. FULL SCALE FUNCTIONAL EXERCISE April 17th. –Hospital Controllers/Evaluators report at 7am to EOC –Meet with UGA Lead Controller---one assigned as a lead to each Lev 3 Hospital. At some hospitals, other evaluators from UGA by function. –Play begins at 8AM and ends at 12PM –Hot wash with Hospitals from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM with –Evaluators and Controllers participate (facilitated by UGA Lead Controller) –All typewritten materials (EEG’s, hot wash notes, etc. to UGA by 4.24 COB. Non-typewritten or tardy reports will not be accepted as complying with exercise requirements.

DPH Atlanta Metro Exercise Logistics Track  MANDATORY PRE-EXERCISE BRIEFING ---- April 16 th.  All Hospital Controllers and Evaluators  HSSEP REQUIREMENT FOR CREDIT  Pre-Exercise Briefing on the 16th of April for the hospital controllers/evaluators at 1pm  Call in no is: and the passcode is:  Contacts will be made to individual controllers by UGA lead controller prior to the 16th to lend guidance  UGA lead controller visits will be made prior to exercise  Question and Answer Period

DPH Atlanta Metro Exercise Logistics Track All exercise materials will be available on the CMADD site that will be identified this week. All exercise materials will be available on the CMADD site that will be identified this week. These materials available this week is the Exercise Schedule and CE Handbook These materials available this week is the Exercise Schedule and CE Handbook On the 16 th all MSELs will be available to the Controllers/Evaluators for their hospital On the 16 th all MSELs will be available to the Controllers/Evaluators for their hospital CMADD will notify you by about access to this material and alternative means if needed. CMADD will notify you by about access to this material and alternative means if needed.

Region D and Region N RCH’s….and all the participating hospitals Region D and Region N RCH’s….and all the participating hospitals GPH and GHA GPH and GHA Community Partners; i.e, GEMA, CDC, Georgia Defense, and others that make this a successful exercise and improvement in our readiness Community Partners; i.e, GEMA, CDC, Georgia Defense, and others that make this a successful exercise and improvement in our readinessTHANKS

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