1. The emergency and preparedness for healthcare facilities program covers:
a. Natural and man-made disasters
b. Resolving conflicts within the workplace
c. Mentoring new employees on how perform their duties in accordance to company policies
d. Fall protection
2. This Web site is dedicated at providing services to which people?
a. Customers
b. Public health, hospital, and community safety partners
c. General population
d. Children
3. At what level should the emergency plans be coordinated?
a. National level
b. Community level
c. Local level
d. Personal/individual level
4. Which type of facilities is this Web site intended to help?
a. Health care facilities
b. Schools
c. Public facilities
d. Business organizations
5. In which kind of aspects does this Web site intend to help the healthcare facilities in?
a. Emergency planning
b. Financial planning
c. Budgetary planning
d. Training planning
6. Mention the major elements of emergency planning management for healthcare facilities.
7. List some of the emergencies that healthcare facilities might not have emergency management plans in place to address.
8. Which organization provides the guidelines for the planning and design of decontamination facilities?
9. What is involved in the process for training personnel for the decontamination process?
10. What are the elements of a risk assessment?
11. What other issues need consideration in risk assessment?
12. Provide a list of biological and chemical agents.
Answer sheet
1. A. Natural and man-made disasters
2. B. Public health, hospital, and community safety partners
3. B. Community level
4. A. Healthcare facilities
5. A. Emergency planning
6. Mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery
7. Such emergencies include large-scale biological or chemical terrorism incidents, which require state or federal public health interventions.
8. The American Institute of Architects (AIA).
9. Identification of different types of necessary personal equipment as well as training in the use of the equipment.
10. Facility risk assessment, hazard vulnerability analysis, chemical incidents, biological agents, and community-based first responders.
11. Clinical assessment, identification of biological or chemical agents, security issues, and communication.
12. Biological agents include; anthrax, smallpox, tularemia while chemical agents include chlorine, arsine, mustard gas, and adamsite.
Reference:
Emergency preparedness for healthcare facilities
http://www.premierinc.com/safety/topics/disaster_readiness/
