The publication was produced by the Children’s Hospital Los
Angeles and This guide outlines methods and strategies for
performing pediatric patient decontamination in a hospital
setting.
While the underlying concepts of pediatric decontamination are
relatively similar to those in adults, execution tends to be more
difficult. This guide takes into account the specific needs of
children, while offering strategies for minimizing potential
physiological risks during decontamination.
Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS)
and Wireless Priority Service (WPS) substantially benefits
hospitals by expediting communications service restoration
after a disruption (with and without a declared
disaster.)
GETS provides emergency access and priority processing in the
local and long distance segments of the Public Switched Network
(PSN). Federal, state, and local government, industry, and
non-profit organization personnel that perform emergency
preparedness can apply for and receive the GETS card and access
code.
Wireless Priority Service (WPS) improves connections for a
limited number of authorized emergency preparedness cell phone
users. In the event of congestion in the wireless network, an
emergency call using WPS will be placed in a queue for the next
available channel.
The California Department of Public Health (CDPHi) manages the
California Health Alert Network (CAHAN), which is designated as
the official health emergency alerting system.
CAHAN is a secure notification system that facilitates
collaboration, emergency planning, and communications for
hospitals and healthcare providers, federal, state, local health
departments, and other public health emergency partners.
Developed by ASPR TRACIE, this suite of tip sheets was developed
to assist health care facility managers and emergency planners to
identify issues and considerations when planning for and
responding to various types of utility failures.
Utility failures are a major concern for health care with the
potential for causing substantial harm to patients, staff, and
facilities. Utility failures can have cascading effects, and more
than one utility may fail simultaneously or sequentially.
The tip sheets provide planning and response considerations for
the following types of utility failures:
CHA is currently accepting submissions for presentations at this
year’s Disaster Planning Conference. This conference is a unique
opportunity for your organization to showcase and share its
emergency planning knowledge and expertise with a cross-section
of peers.
Presentations:
Those who wish to be considered to present for either general or
breakout sessions should submit an abstract for review. Potential
topics include, but are not limited to:
Workplace violence — behavioral health perspective
For new disaster coordinators: how to run a disaster drill,
set up a mentor program, etc.
Grant reimbursement
Home health hospice
Load leveling
Business continuity/recovery planning
Disaster planning for small/rural hospitals
CMS emergency preparedness requirements — lessons learned
from our survey
How our hospitals survived the atmospheric river storms
Health care lessons learned
Situation reporting/information sharing in a disaster
Patient reunification and repatriation
Financial and operational lessons learned post-disaster
Staff burnout — critical incident stress management and staff
recovery
California climate change
Cyber security
If you have an idea that isn’t noted above, please submit it. We
encourage presenters to include real-life examples relatable to
our disaster professional audience.
Click here to submit your presentation abstract. The
submission deadline is April 14.
Poster Option:
What if you have a great idea, but it isn’t enough for an hour
presentation? Or you don’t want to present in front of a large
group? We still want to see it! You can turn in a poster that
will be showcased for all attendees to view throughout the
conference.
Click here to submit your idea for a poster. The
submission deadline is April 14.