1. West Central 2018 hcid exercise Controller training

2. The main goal of this exercise is that facilities/staff recognize a potential infectious disease and take the appropriate measures to limit exposure of the patient to other patients and staff.
This exercise is adaptable for each facility – some may chose to do the exercise as a tabletop discussion, others may want to make it more functional.
Introduction
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3. Review Identify Discuss Explore Questions?
Review the requirements & goals for the exercise
Review
Identify how we are going to work around the differences
Identify
Discuss the role of the Controller/Participants/SIMCell
Discuss
Explore the Situation Manual
Explore
Discuss the communication pathways
Review the Healthcare MSEL
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Questions?
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4. Ebola grant (hcid) Requirements & goals?
HEALTHCARE COALITION
Conduct annual coalition level exercises with, at a minimum, frontline facilities, assessment and treatment centers, and EMS.
Exercise must include recognition of necessary Full Barrier PPE & an assessment of PPE needs.
Exercise must be based upon a High Consequence Infectious Disease. Needs to test the ability of the facility to identify, assess, and treat a patient with a HCID or transfer the patient to a treatment center.
Exercise should address the ability to arrange transportation necessary for those with a HCID.
Exercise should deal with Category A Waste
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5. What does this mean?
We will be doing an exercise that has very specific goals and requirements
Why?
The likelihood of this occurring is extremely rare, however, if it does occur, we need to be familiar with the roles, responsibilities, and goals to provide for the safety and care of our staff, patients, and visitors.
We have multiple entities participating….Hospitals, EMS, MDH, and LPH.
BECAUSE WE ARE REQUIRED TOO…
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6. Roles & Responsibilities
Facility Controller/Facilitator
Facilitates Briefing/Debriefing (see handout)
Provide written injects
Facilitate discussion and actions as necessary to reach desired outcomes
Submit the survey monkey review after completion of the exercise
Roles & Responsibilities
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7. Roles and Responsibilities
Participants
Take real steps to develop solutions to the situations presented.
Develop action plans and situation reports when requested.
Participate in the briefing/de-briefing
Assign people to the Hospital Command Center positions
Communicate/coordinate thru multi agency coordination.
Complete the participant evaluation
Roles and Responsibilities
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8. SIMCell This exercise will NOT be controlled by the SIMCell. WHY:
Makes the exercise scalable by the participating facilities
Allows for added injects
Allows the facility to follow their own timeline
SIMCell
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9. So what is the simcell going to do?
The SIMCell will play the role of any agency that is not actively playing at the facility level.
MDH, EMS, Law Enforcement, Fire Department, Local/Regional/State Emergency Management, and the Coalition
So what is the simcell going to do?
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10. Master Scenario Events List (MSEL)
Approximate time, ordered by number, allows for flow of discussion, but provide time for any functional aspects of your locations exercise
Master Scenario Events List (MSEL)
Written--Verbal
Seeking participant outcomes/action items
Check for accuracy
Patient Census and Scenarios – use real or create, decide if you want to evaluate functional areas within your facility and inform your coalition representative.
Injects
Timeline & Injects
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11. Controller Communication
Phone Calling/Texting the SimCell ( or ) 01
800 MHz Radio – talk groups will be established a week out (CM ##) 02
MNTrac –Coordination Center (will only be used if there is a need for HMAC activation) 03
Review radio communication – provide radios/check-in/out
Controller Communication
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12. Participant Communication
Phone Calls to the SimCell ( or )
(internal or
MNTrac (if needed)
Runners
Message Forms (HICS 213)
Face to face
Situation Reports
800 MHz Portable Radio (West Central Regional Hospital Talkgroup)
HAM Radio??
Participant Communication
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13. End of exercise process
The controller will collect the evaluation form from each participant. 1
A survey monkey link to an evaluation will be sent to the controller to complete using the information obtained from the participant evaluations 2
The controller will give the sign in sheet and the participant evaluation forms to the facility emergency preparedness representative to maintain. 3
An After Action Report (AAR) will be completed based upon the survey monkey evaluation. 4
The AAR will be sent to facility emergency preparedness representatives for review and approval. 5
Once the AAR is approved by the coalition – it will be submitted to MDH. 6
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14. Questions?
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