PowerPoint Presentation Tips The Good The Bad The Ugly….backwards

The Ugly Some examples of bad slides will follow…….

National Emergency Management Assistance Compact Compact with all other EMAC states and territories Purpose Can provide assistance in advance of Federal Declaration “Automate” Mutual assistance between EMAC States Provides for equipment Personnel “Any aspect of the giving and receiving of aid by party states” Temporary suspension of conflicting laws Includes National Guard and other state forces Healthcare providers Requirement Must be a declared emergency by the governor Some states allow provision for “Emergency or disaster” (including those not declared by the governor, varies by state) Have the group identify what is wrong with this slide. The creator is using the slide as his/her notes page. Instead of enhancing the information and providing only key points, they are completely able to just read the slide to the learner, as if they aren’t already doing that themselves. The slide has so much information, the text runs off the page.

The CFATS uses a multi-step process to: Identify high-risk chemical facilities Assign high-risk chemical facilities to risk tiers Identify vulnerabilities at high-risk chemical facilities Develop and implement Site Security Plans Inspect and audit facilities to ensure vulnerabilities are adequately addressed and risk-based performance standards are met Other important CFATS components include: Alternate Security Programs Adjudications Process CVI Step 1: Trigger Top Screen (STQ) Step 2: Perform Top Screen Step 4: Perform SVA Step 5: Develop Site Security Plan Step 3: Receive Preliminary Tiering Step 7: Inspections/Audits Step 8: Step 6: DHS Review of Site Security Plan Many governmental presentations are like this. They are canned presentations which can be given by several different employees throughout the region or nation. As such, they tend to have entire processes thrown onto one slide, or have the notes page displayed as the presentation. Implement Site Security Plan

The Bad

D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R Paradigm Do I detect something? What caused this? Do I need incident command? Where? Is a safety or security issue present? Did I assess the hazards that could be here? What support, people, supplies are needed? Do I need to triage? How much treatment is needed? Can I evacuate and/or transport the victims? What recovery issues are present? Do my needs exceed my resources? KEY! They have some basic concepts in place here by highlighting text and key words, so this makes these slides just “bad”, not “ugly”. Point out that while the key words are highlighted by being a different color, the slide is still very busy. CDLS v. 2.0 OVERVIEW

D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R Paradigm Do I detect something? What caused this? Do I need incident command? Where? Is a safety or security issue present? Did I assess the hazards that could be here? What support, people, supplies are needed? Do I need to triage? How much treatment is needed? Can I evacuate and/or transport the victims? What recovery issues are present? Do my needs exceed my resources? KEY! For most (if not all) of the people taking this course, the answer to this next question – “Do I need incident command?” – will definitely be, “YES”. From a practical standpoint, this means activating the “9-1-1” system to summon emergency responders with the necessary training equipment and resources to assume command. As for the “where”, the “short” answer is: somewhere SAFE, away from the “hot zone” and probably away from the scene itself. CDLS v. 2.0 OVERVIEW

D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R Paradigm Do I detect something? What caused this? Do I need incident command? Where? Is a safety or security issue present? Did I assess the hazards that could be here? What support, people, supplies are needed? Do I need to triage? How much treatment is needed? Can I evacuate and/or transport the victims? What recovery issues are present? Do my needs exceed my resources? KEY! Next, one needs to consider scene safety and security issues. Once again, from a practical standpoint, CDLS providers should assume that both are present. CDLS v. 2.0 OVERVIEW

D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R Paradigm Do I detect something? What caused this? Do I need incident command? Where? Is a safety or security issue present? Did I assess the hazards that could be here? What support, people, supplies are needed? Do I need to triage? How much treatment is needed? Can I evacuate and/or transport the victims? What recovery issues are present? Do my needs exceed my resources? KEY! Only after these first three steps ought one to consider the identity of the possible hazards present. In other words, as previously discussed, the precise identification of the agent of the disaster is less important than the recognition that a disaster is present. CDLS v. 2.0 OVERVIEW

D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R Paradigm Do I detect something? What caused this? Do I need incident command? Where? Is a safety or security issue present? Did I assess the hazards that could be here? What support, people, supplies are needed? Do I need to triage? How much treatment is needed? Can I evacuate and/or transport the victims? What recovery issues are present? Do my needs exceed my resources? KEY! By definition, an MCI will require additional support, in the form of personnel, supplies and equipment. The earlier these can be summoned, the better. CDLS v. 2.0 OVERVIEW

D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R Paradigm Do I detect something? What caused this? Do I need incident command? Where? Is a safety or security issue present? Did I assess the hazards that could be here? What support, people, supplies are needed? Do I need to triage? How much treatment is needed? Can I evacuate and/or transport the victims? What recovery issues are present? Do my needs exceed my resources? KEY! “Triage” is derived from the French TRIER [pronounced tree-ay], meaning “to sort”. Medical triage originated on the battlefields of France during the early nineteenth century, when injured soldiers were “sorted” according to the severity of their injuries and need for immediate care. As triage was developed and applied worldwide over the next two centuries, survival among battlefield casualties improved. The triage concept has since been applied not only to battlefield settings, but to all mass casualty incidents and disasters. Triage suits well the overall principle of disaster management, namely to do the most good for the greatest number of possible survivors. Unfortunately, in a true MCI, the amount of treatment needed may vastly exceed that which is available. CDLS v. 2.0 OVERVIEW

D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R Paradigm Do I detect something? What caused this? Do I need incident command? Where? Is a safety or security issue present? Did I assess the hazards that could be here? What support, people, supplies are needed? Do I need to triage? How much treatment is needed? Can I evacuate and/or transport the victims? What recovery issues are present? Do my needs exceed my resources? KEY! CDLS v. 2.0 OVERVIEW

D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R Paradigm Do I detect something? What caused this? Do I need incident command? Where? Is a safety or security issue present? Did I assess the hazards that could be here? What support, people, supplies are needed? Do I need to triage? How much treatment is needed? Can I evacuate and/or transport the victims? What recovery issues are present? Do my needs exceed my resources? KEY! CDLS v. 2.0 OVERVIEW

D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R Paradigm Do I detect something? What caused this? Do I need incident command? Where? Is a safety or security issue present? Did I assess the hazards that could be here? What support, people, supplies are needed? Do I need to triage? How much treatment is needed? Can I evacuate and/or transport the victims? What recovery issues are present? Do my needs exceed my resources? KEY! CDLS v. 2.0 OVERVIEW

The Good

“The…nature of …patients who present to rural emergency departments makes it difficult to plan, staff and equip……” Call out the key point you want to deliver when showing the information on a busy slide.

D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R Paradigm Do I detect something? What caused this? This is a “revamped” set of the slides we saw in the “Bad” section. The rest of the list has been removed and only the first line is showing. This will prevent the learner from scanning the entire slide…trying to read it and they will be able to focus more on what the presenter is saying. CDLS v. 1.5 OVERVIEW

D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R Paradigm Do I detect something? What caused this? Do I need incident command? Where? By keeping the first line on the slide but by making it just a couple of shades lighter than the background, the learner will be able to make the connection that the highlighted text is part of a process, not just standing alone. The remainder of the slides demonstrate how you can “call-out” only the key line yet still have all the content on the slide. CDLS v. 1.5 OVERVIEW

D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R Paradigm Do I detect something? What caused this? Do I need incident command? Where? Is a safety or security issue present? CDLS v. 1.5 OVERVIEW

D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R Paradigm Do I detect something? What caused this? Do I need incident command? Where? Is a safety or security issue present? Did I assess the hazards that could be here? CDLS v. 1.5 OVERVIEW

D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R Paradigm Do I detect something? What caused this? Do I need incident command? Where? Is a safety or security issue present? Did I assess the hazards that could be here? What support, people, supplies are needed? By definition, an MCI will require additional support, in the form of personnel, supplies and equipment. The earlier these can be summoned, the better. CDLS v. 1.5 OVERVIEW

D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R Paradigm Do I detect something? What caused this? Do I need incident command? Where? Is a safety or security issue present? Did I assess the hazards that could be here? What support, people, supplies are needed? Do I need to triage? How much treatment is needed? CDLS v. 1.5 OVERVIEW

D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R Paradigm Do I detect something? What caused this? Do I need incident command? Where? Is a safety or security issue present? Did I assess the hazards that could be here? What support, people, supplies are needed? Do I need to triage? How much treatment is needed? Can I evacuate and/or transport the victims? CDLS v. 1.5 OVERVIEW

D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R Paradigm Do I detect something? What caused this? Do I need incident command? Where? Is a safety or security issue present? Did I assess the hazards that could be here? What support, people, supplies are needed? Do I need to triage? How much treatment is needed? Can I evacuate and/or transport the victims? What recovery issues are present? CDLS v. 1.5 OVERVIEW

D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R Paradigm Do I detect something? What caused this? Do I need incident command? Where? Is a safety or security issue present? Did I assess the hazards that could be here? What support, people, supplies are needed? Do I need to triage? How much treatment is needed? Can I evacuate and/or transport the victims? What recovery issues are present? Do my needs exceed my resources? KEY! CDLS v. 1.5 OVERVIEW