Planning Resources

Resources

• Incident Planning Guide: Hospital Evacuation, Shelter-in-Place, Abandonment 
• Exercise Tools: FEMA HSEEP Webpage
• HICS: CHA Hospital Webpage
• NIMS: FEMA NIMS Webpage
• Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA)
• HHS emPOWER Map
  

State Plans

• ESF-8 Network Plan
• Crisis Standards of Care Guidelines
• Louisiana Hospital Color Codes 
• Code Silver: Sample Policy
• Hospital Plain Language Guidance Document
• Hospital Plain Language Position Statement

Critical Infrastructure

• Water Planning Checklist

Resources by Hazard

Active Shooter

• Active Shooters in the Hospital Environment
• Health and Medical Response to Active Shooter and Bombing Events
• Hospital and Healthcare Facility Action Guide
• Planning and Response in a Healthcare Setting

Burn Surge

• State Health Care Coalition Burn Surge Annex
• Burn Wound Care Push Pack Protocol

Hurricane

• CEO Hurricane Preparedness Checklist
• CEO Checklist with COVID Considerations
• LDH Reoccupy Requirement Post Evacuation
• Evacuation Memo for State Fire Marshal
• Louisiana Hospital Shelter-In-Place Recommendations
• LDH-OPH Sanitarian Reopen Request
• LDAF Fuel Policy and Questionnaire

Infectious Disease

• ESF-8 Training: Healthcare POD - Vaccination and Countermeasures

1. Module 1 - Introduction
2. Module 2 - POD Site & Operations
3. Module 3 - POD Support Functions
4. Module 4 - POD Exposure & Safety Module
5. Module 5 - ESF-8 Training

• Interim Healthcare Coalition Checklist for Pandemic Planning
• Interim Guidance for Infection Control Within Healthcare Settings When Caring for Confirmed Cases, Probable Cases, and Cases Under Investigation for Infection with Novel Influenza a Viruses Associated with Severe Disease
• Resources for Critical Infrastructure Protection for Healthcare and Public Health Facilities
• Preparing for Emerging Infectious Disease Threats: How Three Children’s Hospitals Are Getting Ready
• EMS Infectious Disease Playbook

Radiologic/Nuclear

• Healthcare Challenges after Radiological Incidents: Webinar
• Radiation Emergency Medical Management: Hospital Resources
• Radiological Terrorism: Just in Time Training for Hospital Clinicians

Federal Resources

• ASPR Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange: TRACIE Website
• ASPR-TRACIE: A Quick Guide: FEMA Reimbursement for Acute Care Hospitals
• The Social Vulnerability Index (SVI)
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