1. Command Center Training for Administrative Staff Ken Mitchell Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Providence Centralia Hospital (360)827-8840

2. Providence Health and Services At a Glance Founded 1859 73,018 employees 34 Hospitals across 5 states 2,483,462 unique patients served

3. The Providence Family

4. Emergency Management at Providence Providence Health and Services System Emergency Preparedness Council Providence Southwest Washington Region Disaster Council Providence Centralia Hospital Operations Council

5. Providence Centralia 2014 Drills and Events February 26 th – DMCC Callout Exercise May 22 nd – DMCC Callout Exercise June 13 th – HERT Decon Integrated Capstone July 12 th – Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic Medical Aid Station August 6 th – Code Silver Active Shooter Exercise September 13 th – Power Outage and Transformer Replacement October 16 th – Great Shakeout Exercise

6. AAR Findings #1 Issue: Communications and Information Sharing #2 Issue:Staff Roles and Responsibilities

7. Solution to Findings? Training

8. Why Train? Disasters are unlikely to happen Training costs money Joint Commission Regulatory Standards are being met Hospitals have other things to worry about

9. Strategies for Getting Buy-in From Leadership Have people who attended training give testimonials to value of training Develop comprehensive training program to send a few staff members at a time Encourage executives to take compressed courses Have trainers come to hospital

10. Or…

11. Just Sign up for a Class at the CDP

12. And See What Happens

13. Sending Leaders to the Center for Domestic Preparedness Organization is very important Encourage diversity among job positions and hospitals Give definitive deadlines to participants Get help from your allies Be prepared for people to back out

14. How do You Sell Staff on Attending the Training? 3.2 CEUs / CMEs State of the art training Great testimonials from peers who attended training Training is free Staff get a week off of work Beers are only $1.50

15. Training Coordinators David Hall Resident Training, West Region & Tribal Training Coordinator Center for Domestic Preparedness 256-847-2081 David.Hall@fema.dhs.gov Lisa Johnson Exercise and Training Program Assistant Washington State Military Dept. Emergency Management Division 253-512-7080 emd.training@mil.wa.gov

16. Center for Domestic Preparedness

17. Center for Domestic Preparedness At a Glance Founded in 1998 Only live agent CBRNE training facility in US Former army hospital onsite converted to training facility All training is free

18. Noble Training Facility

20. Who Went to the Training? 58 Total Students 7 Regional Executives 4 ED Managers and Directors 6 Facilities Directors 2 Administrative Supervisors Many Departments Represented

21. Our Providence Group

22. Partnerships are Critical Partners in Public Health Fire/EMS Partners

23. Providence at the CDP

31. Takeaways From the Training Relationships are critical Networking is as beneficial as training Having a large system there are many lessons to be learned from peers Training was essentially a week long team building exercise

32. Benefit to the Community

33. Changes in Emergency Management Program at PCH Larger focus on Regional Program Overhaul of Disaster Council More focus on training Added public health partners to Disaster Council Much more attention from executives Active involvement in EM Program

34. Increased Press Attention

35. What’s Next for Providence? Smaller group attending two separate classes in August System Emergency Preparedness Council pursuing big projects Two classes coming in 2016 – Healthcare Leadership and Hospital Emergency Response Training

36. Goodbye from Providence

38. Questions? Ken Mitchell Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Providence Centralia Hospital (360)827-8840