CASCADE VALLEY HOSPITALS RESPONSE SR 530 SLIDE CASCADE VALLEY HOSPITALS RESPONSE Good Morning, my name is Meliah Isom. I am the Safety Project Coordinator at Cascade Valley Hospital. Last year Cascade Valley played a role in the response to the SR 530 mudslide. I was asked to join you today to share cascades experience during this incident and the lessons we learned as a result.

Cascade Valley Hospital is located in Arlington WA, only 15 minutes from the location of the slide. We are a small community hospital licensed for 47 Beds, less than 100,000 SQFT with 450 employees, some of which live in the arlington area. When the mudslide occurred in oso on March 22,2014 it hit very close to home for our employees and the community.

HOW DID CVH LEARN OF THE EVENT? 11:00am - SOCIAL MEDIA 11:15am - VISUALS - FRIENDS/FAMILY - WORRIED WELL 12:00pm - REGIONAL PARTNERS DETERMINING THE MAGINTUDE

INFLUX OF CALLS

City Of Arlington Red Cross EMS (4 pts) Media Calls DEM DMCC NOTIFICATIONS City Of Arlington Red Cross EMS (4 pts) Media Calls DEM DMCC 12:10 – City Of Arlington 12:30 - Red Cross 12:30 - EMS (4 pts) 12:30 – Media Calls 12:30 - DEM 12:50 – Notified by EMS a possible 30-40 pts 1:00 – Code Called IC pulled together

PREPARING FOR A SURGE EVENT SURGICAL STAFF ED STAFF WORRIED WELL CHAPLIN SECURITY WATRAC In total received 5 patients at CVH Media arrived at 230pm 330pm CVH on standby

AFTER THE CODE IS CLEARED ASSISTING THE CITY INCIDENT COMMAND INVENTORY LIST SUPPLIES DONATIONS FOUNDATION

LESSONS LEARNED DISASTER MAY NOT ALWAYS BE CLEAR CUT Empowerment to initiate the Incident Command Team and prepare for the worst INCIDENT COMMANDER TRAINING Delegating tasks and assigning roles COMMUNICATIONS WITH STAFF Use Mass Notification system REGISTRATION BECOMES A COMMUNICATION HUB