Emergency Management
Emergency Management is how a healthcare facility responds to disasters or emergencies affecting the Environment of Care. These disasters range from cyber terrorism to natural disasters and from infectious diseases to mass casualty drills and events. Is your institution ready for the emergencies that may come your way? Are your plans ready and available? More importantly, is your staff's training up to date through exercises and drills that reflect your physical environment?
The nonclinical physical environment directly affects the availability and level of care in an emergency situation. GHS&A works with your team to ensure that in the event of a disaster or emergency, the plans are in place, staff is trained and prepared, command and communication systems are fluid so that in the incidence of an emergency or disaster, all staff will know what to do and where to go, who is in charge, and what protocols to follow including, electrical, water distribution, decontamination events and evacuation plans. GHS&A identifies EC noncompliance and process gaps in non-clinical EMPs. We also provide training, consultation and documentation services to support for the following:
Emergency Management Plans and Documentation: providing and promoting organized analysis, planning, and decision making and assigning available resources to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from all hazards.
Emergency Operations Plan: providing the structure and processes that the organization uses to respond to and recover from and event. The EOP is the response and recovery component of the EMP.
Emergency Management Training (maintenance and engineering/nonclinical Environment of Care): Documentation and training in emergency procedures for utility systems, red power receptacles, command notifications, and system failure reporting.
Core Competencies (all levels): All employees, depending on their roles, must demonstrate a level of emergency response competency; Providing clarity for teams in each area of responsibility so they can understand their roles in an emergency situation.
Hospital Incident Command Systems: HICS is a methodology for ensuring management (command) and communication in an emergency situation. GHS&A provides services to prepare all aspects of the system including the Incident Action Plan, documenting Emergency Medical Service Authority (EMSA) Resources available and contacts; and providing education and training on the roles and responsibilities related to the HICS process.