 Define Risk Management  Cover Employer and Employee Responsibilities  Types of Emergencies and Critical Incidents  Emergency Preparedness  Ten Stages of Emergencies or Incidents  Plan Development

 The identification, analysis, assessment, control, and avoidance, minimization, or elimination of unacceptable risks.  The process of analyzing exposure to risk and determining how to best handle such exposure.

 The strategies to manage risk typically include transferring risk to another party, avoiding the risk, reducing the negative effect or probability of the risk, or even accepting some or all of the potential or actual consequences of a particular risk.  Transfer (Waive or Insure)  Eliminate  Assume

 Manage the risk associated with building an “egg capsule” to protect your egg from breaking as it is dropped from a height of 6 feet to the floor

 Must develop emergency response plans  Employees have to be trained to follow plans  Must understand requirements to develop effective and compliant emergency response plans (ERP’s)  Need to develop effective ways of implementation including employee education.

 Alarm Systems  Fire Prevention Measures and Plans  Accessing Emergency Exit Routes  Emergency Response Planning

 Weather Related Disasters  Natural Disasters  Bomb Threats  Fire  Workplace Violence  Hazardous Material Spills and Incidents

 Types of emergencies  Layout of the facility  Available equipment  Medical emergency personnel  Chain of command  Emergency response plan rehearsal

 Coverage of rescue area  Clearing the facility  Primary rescuer  Calling EMS  Crowd control  Responsibilities after the emergency  Media Contact

 Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion.  Unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity.

 Non-Life Threatening  Life Threatening

 Develop simple no-hole steps for dealing with non-life threatening emergencies  In your group come up with examples of our most common non-life threatening emergencies

 Location protocol, what stays in place and what goes to the office/1 st Aid room  Treatment you provide and treatment you don’t provide  Documentation and reporting  Follow-up  Investigation if necessary

 Prepare for the inevitable  In your group come up with examples of our most highly recognized life threatening emergencies

 No Breathing  No Pulse  Seizure  Stroke  Broken Bones  Excessive Bleeding  Suspected Spinal  Loss of Consciousness  Heat Stroke  Shock  Diabetic  Anaphylaxis  24 X 72…

 Evaluate the possibilities  Define your objectives  Plan for action  Implement the plan  Review and revise when needed

 Develop safety plans for dealing with:  Earthquakes  Floods  Fires  Lightening  Have adequate equipment and supplies available to "Ride it Out"  Make safety plans accessible to everyone and easy to understand, maps, steps, etc.

 In addition to planning for natural disasters, also plan for people problems:  Angry customers  Bomb threats  Riots at large events  Terrorism  Shooters  Staff and patron safety is a priority

 What we do in anticipation of incidents.

 First Aid Kits  PPE  AED  Oxygen  Backboard/Blankets  Fire Extinguisher  Mechanical Room  MSDS

 Who is affected and what care do they need?

 Who we call to help depends on the situation.

 Protecting others and controlling crowds

 What we do to secure and protect our facility and our Property

 Notifying your Supervisor and/or the Director

 Reviewing the event, getting the facts straight, making sure everyone is okay.

 No talking to anyone unless directed.

 Fill out the right forms in a timely manner, these are potential legal records

 Depending on the incident people may need a lot of care and counseling

 Preparedness  Victims  EMS  By-standers  Facility  Notification  Staff Defusing  The Media  Reporting  Stress Debriefing