Emergency Preparedness

Kern Medical Emergency Operations Plan (EOP)

2.7 Continuity of Operations ........................................................................................................... 24 L.1 – Health Care Alternate and Referral Facilities. .............................................................................. 24 2.8 Hospital Patient Surge Preparedness.......................................................................................... 26 2.9 Incident Medical Resources ....................................................................................................... 28 2.10 Incident Mental Health............................................................................................................ 29 2.11 Public Information / Risk Communications ............................................................................... 30 2.12 Training, Exercises and Plan Maintenance................................................................................ 30 2.12.4 Plan Development and Maintenance................................................................................... 33 Appendix H.2 – Emergency Codes........................................................................................................ 33 3 RESPONSE................................................................................................................................. 33 3.1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 33 3.2 Response Priorities.................................................................................................................... 33 3.3 Alert, Warning and Notification ................................................................................................. 33 3.4 Response Activation and Initial Actions...................................................................................... 34 3.5 Emergency Management Organization ...................................................................................... 35 3.6 Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Operations ......................................................................... 38 3.7 Medical Care............................................................................................................................. 38 Appendix T.1 - Fire Chiefs Triage Tag. ............................................. 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Bookmark not defined. 3.8 Acquiring Response Resources ................................................................................................... 42 3.9 Communications ....................................................................................................................... 43 J.3 – Incident Contacts. ....................................................................................................................... 43 3.10 Public Information / Crisis Communications.............................................................................. 44 3.11 Security .................................................................................................................................. 51 3.12 Mental Health Response.......................................................................................................... 52 3.13 Volunteer / Donation Management ......................................................................................... 53 3.14 Response to Internal Emergencies............................................................................................ 54 3.15 Response to External Emergencies ........................................................................................... 59 4 RECOVERY ................................................................................................................................ 62 4.1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 62 4.2 Documentation ......................................................................................................................... 63 4.3 Inventory Damage and Loss....................................................................................................... 63 4.4 Lost Revenue through Disruption of Services .............................................................................. 63 4.5 Cost / Loss Recovery Sources...................................................................................................... 63 4.6 Psychological Needs of Staff and Patients .................................................................................. 64 4.7 Restoration of Services .............................................................................................................. 64 4.8 After-Action Report................................................................................................................... 64 4.9 Staff Support ............................................................................................................................ 65 List of Appendices................................................................................................................................. 66 Appendix A TJC Standards ................................................................................................................. 66 Appendix F Organizational Tools ....................................................................................................... 66 Appendix J.1Staff Call Back................................................................................................................. 67 Appendix M Mental Health Coordinator Checklist............................................................................... 67 Appendix P.9 After Action Report ................................................................................................. 68 Appendix Q Volunteer and Donations Procedures............................................................................... 68 Appendix Q.1 Volunteer Management Policies and Procedures ...................................................... 68

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