The following information can assist healthcare facilities with disaster
preparation in cases such as pandemics or other emergencies. Guidance documents, trainings and other tools are included.

Topics

• Pandemic Influenza Surge Capacity Plans



• Hospital Surge Capacity Plans



• Hospital Preparedness Tools, Protocols and Templates



• Hospital Evacuation Plans



• Special Populations



• Hospital Trainings, Drills and Exercises

Pandemic Influenza Surge Capacity Plans

• Pandemic Influenza Surge Plan to Manage In-&
  Out-of-Hospital Deaths : Preparedness training for funeral directors



• Pandemic Influenza Surge Plan To Manage In-Hospital Deaths Planning Tool : Preparedness training for hospital administrators, pathologists, emergency planners, facility managers, operations staff, morgue personnel, security directors, and medical directors

Hospital Surge Capacity Expansion Tools

• Rapid Patient Discharge Tool (RPDT): is designed to assist hospital administrators and emergency managers in preparing for and responding to unexpected increases in patient volume by providing them with adaptable plans for rapid patient discharge based on promising bed surge capacity practices.



• NYC Surge Capacity Toolkit: Bed Surge Capacity Expansion Tool (BSCET): is designed to identify opportunities for the creation of additional staffed and supported inpatient beds during the immediate and immediate-sustained phases of a disaster (i.e., first
  24 hours).



• Intensive Care Unit Capacity Expansion tool (ICUCET)
  is a surge tool with an emphasis on helping hospital Intensive Care Units manage high patient volume through capacity expansion during a mass casualty incident such as an influenza pandemic.

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Hospital Evacuation Plans

• NY Centeres for Terrorism Hospital Evacuation Plan



• Hospital Evacation (California Hospital Association)

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Special Populations

• Elderly Populations in Disasters: Hospital Guidelines for Geriatric Preparedness



• Children in Disasters

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Hospital Trainings, Drills and Exercises

• Evaluation of Hospital Disaster Drills: a module
  based approach



• Public Health Emergency Excercise Toolkit: planning, conducting, and evaluating local public health emergency exercises from the Columbia University School of Nursing



• Tool for Evaluating Core Elements of Hospital Disaster Drills: from the Johns Hopkins University Evidence-based Practice Center



• New York Presbyterian Hospital CBRNE Tabletop Exercise: preparation for explosive events that may cause casualties

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Last Updated: January 16, 2013