ICS and You Jody Carter, MS, CEM, NREMT-P Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Baptist Health Emergency Preparedness Summit Community Health Centers of Arkansas August 2017

Objectives Understand the ICS Principles Recall the 9 Command & General Staff positions Create a sample ICS Chart for your facility Know where Community Health Centers may support a community- wide disaster response

FEMA Training https://training.fema.gov IS-100.HCb “…should be completed by the hospital personnel that would have a direct role in emergency preparedness, incident management, and/or emergency response during an incident.” EM, Administrators Physicians, Nurses, Radiology, Lab Materials, Procurement Security, Safety EMS

ICS Principles Standardizing Terminology – “EOC”? Establish Command & Chain of Command Expand/Contract as Needed Span of Control = 3 to 7 Resource Management Manage by Objectives Plain Language – “EMT”??

“EMT” Emergency Medical Treatment Emergency Medical Technician Emergency Management Team Eastern Mediterranean Time (GMT+0200) Effective Methods Team Effects Management Tool El Monte, CA (airport code) Electron Microscope Tomography Email Money Transfer

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