Surveyors and Emergency Plans

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Surveyorsand Emergency Plans
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Why are we here?

• Review information on the Emergency Planning
  Cycle
• Update progress on Surveyor Tools and Training
  regarding Emergency Plans
• Answer Questions

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What is Emergency Planning?

• The process of planning for disasters or
  catastrophes by developing written procedures and
  conducting exercises to test the written
  procedures.
• Embraces the Emergency Planning Cycle

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The Emergency Planning Cycle
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The Cycle Relevant to Surveyors
These are the three elements that surveyors can
effectively evaluate.
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The Cycle Relevant to Surveyors
Prepare
PREPARATION examines what the facility does to be
ready for the inevitable.
Mitigate/ Prevent
MITIGATION/PREVENTION examines what the facility
does to reduce the likelihood of a hazard.
Evaluate
EVALUATION examines how the facility incorporates
lessons learned from using the plan during real
or simulated disasters.
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How does this relate to the Plans?

• Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs) are the written
  aspects of the Emergency Planning Cycle.
• Each step of the cycle has a written counterpart.
• A plan is NOT COMPLETE if each element of the
  cycle is not represented

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Toolkits Available Online

• All Emergency Planning information is available
  online at www.healthfacilities.info
• Facilities should be making use of developmental
  toolkits now.

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Surveyors and Emergency Planning

• The 2007 State Audit offered the following
  guideline
• The Department of Public Health and Environment
  should improve emergency and disaster planning
  efforts at nursing facilities by
• Training surveyors on the attributes of a
  well-organized and comprehensive emergency and
  disaster plan, as well as on common problems with
  emergency and disaster plans.
• Developing testing forms and checklists to help
  surveyors conduct a more focused review of
  emergency and disaster plans and identify
  deficient practices.

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Training for Surveyors

• Training starts today and will be complete on
  Friday.
• We are training surveyors on the Emergency
  Planning Cycle.
• We asked that ALL SURVEYORS complete the IS
  100.HC course online
• This is the same course we recommended all LTCF
  staff take.

http//training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp
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Contact Information

• Joyce Lincoln
• X 2875
• jlincoln_at_cdphe.state.co.us
• Cassandra Stelter
• X 2862
• cstelter_at_cdphe.state.co.us