Tricare 2001 Conference JCAHO Emergency Management Standards for Healthcare Facilities CDR Robert G. Darling, MC, USN Medical Director, Aeromedical Isolation Team and Containment Care U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Fort Detrick, Maryland

Tricare 2001 Conference JCAHO Emergency Management Standards Historically “Environment of Care” Standards Horizontal and Vertical Integration Update / Clarification of EM standards

Tricare 2001 Conference JCAHO Emergency Management Standards Significant revisions: –EC 2.14 Testing of emergency power sources –EC 2.9 Drills and Exercises –EC 2.10 Fire Drills –EC 1.6 Plans must address Emergency Management

Tricare 2001 Conference JCAHO Emergency Management Standards EC 1.6 Emergency Management –Address 4 phases: Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery –“All hazards” approach vice “disaster specific” – Employ a “Hazard Vulnerability Analysis” – Integrate with community-wide emergency response agencies

Tricare 2001 Conference JCAHO Emergency Management Standards EC 1.6 Emergency Management –Logistics of critical supplies, staff and family- support issues, media interaction, security –Alternative Care Sites –Must coordinate with the local EM community

Tricare 2001 Conference JCAHO Emergency Management Standards Definitions: –Disaster (civil disturbance) –Mitigation –Hazard Vulnerability Analysis Other (hazardous materials)

Tricare 2001 Conference

Points of Contact CAPT Vince Musashe CDR Jerry Mothershead CDR Randy Culpepper CDR Rob Darling LCDR Craig Howard