Introduction and Overview Certified Hospital Emergency Coordinator (CHEC) Training Program Introduction and Overview

Welcome to the Certified Hospital Emergency Coordinator (CHEC) Advanced Course: Plans and Exercises Introductions Introduce yourself (name, hospital, and title) And explain what you hope to get from this course. The instructor should take a minute and introduce themselves as well as the other instructors to be teaching this course. Give the students a little background about yourself (what you do, where you work, your history as it relates to the course/materials)

Objectives Explain rationale for Course and Certification Program Identify and briefly discuss the Development Process and the tasks identified Review the Course Overview Describe the two levels of training Explain the certification and the process

Certified Hospital Emergency Coordinator Advisory Committee Identified reasons that a systematic, comprehensive, formal training program for hospital emergency coordinators was needed: Varied backgrounds Lack of formal training in emergency management specific to hospitals and healthcare Multiple roles Confidence

Certified Hospital Emergency Coordinator Overall course goal: To provide hospital emergency coordinators with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to plan for and respond to any emergency event… The goal of this course is to: [slide text] The desire was to create a uniformity of knowledge. …including natural disasters, terrorism, large-scale disease outbreaks, and man-made incidents

Detailed Objective-Based Development Process: Nine Critical Tasks Emergency operations plan NIMS, ICS, HICS Emergency preparedness training Drills and exercises Coordinate and integrate disaster plans Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA) Regulations and standards Disaster life support training Surge capacity

Additional Required Tasks Alert procedures Facility operations Terrorism training and Homeland Security Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Mutual Aid Agreement (MAG) Pan Flu Overview of HRSA/ASPR Program Law enforcement risk and threat assessment Budgets and grants Staff and facility safety Hospital administration support Hospital Emergency Management Committee Evacuation procedures Patient flow Developing external Relationships Communication and disaster technology Each task will appear on click. As the next task appears, the prior task will fade.

Requisites to Attend the Course Approval by an approved National Disaster Life Support Training Center A willingness to want to learn and grow as an emergency coordinator Target audience for the CHEC includes those currently serving as hospital emergency coordinators and those who have responsibility for activating the hospital disaster plan. Additionally, members of the hospitals Incident Command Staff and EM Committees are included in the target audience.

Levels of Training: Basic course Advanced course Certified Hospital Emergency Coordinator (CHEC) Basic Course 2 day course Advanced course Emergency Plans and Exercises Course One day course At the end of each course, once you have successfully passed the test, you will be issued a Certificate of Training

Levels of Certification Certification Issued by Augusta University Level I: Certified Hospital Emergency Coordinator- Basic Course IS-230 Fundamentals of Emergency Management, IS-100.HC Introduction to ICS, IS-200 ICS, IS-700 NIMS, and IS-800 NRF Level II: Advanced Course IS-120.A An Introduction to Exercises and IS- 235 Emergency Planning Level III: Basic Disaster Life Support course (BDLS) Advanced Disaster Life Support course (ADLS) Hospital-based Operations Level Decontamination course Cumulative 12 months on-the-job experience

Testing Requirements For successful completion of this course: Complete written test administered at the end of the course Passing grade is 80% or higher Re-test Procedures Within 14 days, re-test If a grade of 80% or higher is not achieved on the computer-based test, the student must repeat the course Encourage students to focus on key material for testing.

Evaluations Please keep them in mind throughout the duration of the course Please complete the evaluations once you’ve completed the exam The Courses are updated annually and your comments aide in the revision process

Basic Course Review

Basic Course Contents Hospital Preparedness Program Emergency Management (EM) Overview Federal, State, and Local Overview NIMS/ICS/HICS Overview Regulations and Standards Emergency Coordinator Roles and Integrated Response Gaining Support Prerequisites for EOP Creation: Hazard Identification & Assessment The Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) Emergency Communications The Command Center Most people will have just taken the basic course in the 2 days prior to taking the level 2 course. This PowerPoint is simply meant to refresh what was covered. For those who haven’t taken the basic course in awhile, it will serve to jog their memories.

Hospital Command Center Popular design aspects were discussed for hospital command centers Common use HCC’s are common and thus way to best suit both uses has to be considered during planning for use of the HCC And remember, The HCC is really a place where:  Uncomfortable people Meet in cramped conditions To play unfamiliar roles Making unpopular decisions Based on inadequate information In much too little time

Certified Hospital Emergency Coordinator (CHEC) Training Program Questions? Remind students to refrain from using their laptops/blackberries/etc except during breaks, the use of such items is distracting to other students.