HAPevolve's Emergency Preparedness track is a program developed to provide training, expertise, tools, and other resources that will help to advance healthcare facility's (more specifically, long-term care) emergency preparedness journey.

Objectives:

1. Understand the essential elements of a functional emergency management program for healthcare facilities
2. Understand the challenges faced in developing and implementing an emergency management program
3. Apply emergency management concepts to your program
4. Review basic elements and structure of an emergency operations plan
5. Distinguish between types of emergency management training exercises
6. Understand the importance of conducting an after action report and improvement plan
7. Review the importance of internal and external coordination
8. Distinguish between appropriate communication tools during an emergency incident
9. Introduce the concept of continuity of operations

This page will host all of the educational modules and related downloadable resources and tools that you can use in your facility.

Below are the direct links to the different modules:

• Module 1: Emergency Management Basics (approx. 13 minutes)
• Module 2: Hazard Vulnerability Analysis/Assessment (HVA) (approx. 25 minutes)
• Module 3: Emergency Operations Planning (approx. 15 minutes)
  • Additional EOP Hazard Planning Videos (multiple hazards)(approx. 15-30 minutes each)
  • Nursing Home Incident Command System (NHICS) Module (approx. 13 minutes)
• Module 4: Training and Exercise (approx. 22 minutes)
• Module 5: After Action Reporting (approx. 10 minutes)
• Module 6: Internal and External Coordination (approx. 13 minutes)
• Module 7: Communications (approx. 16 minutes)
• Module 8: Continuity of Operations (COOP) (approx. 17 minutes)
• Module 9: Putting it All Together (approx. 13 minutes)