{"ref":"NC-HSP-EP-01","title":"Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Plan","category":"Emergency preparedness","summary":"Sets out the Agency's emergency preparedness program: a named Disaster Coordinator, an all-hazards risk assessment, an emergency plan, policies and procedures, a communication plan, a personal emergency plan and priority level for every patient, training, and testing (at least one exercise a year for home hospice and two a year for an inpatient facility), each element reviewed at least every two years under federal rules and every year as the Agency's own standard.","inShort":["Every patient has a Patient Emergency Plan and a priority level. Complete it at admission and update it when care changes or a storm is coming.","Know the Disaster Coordinator, Avery Sample, and check in with your supervisor as soon as an emergency starts.","In an emergency, contact patients in priority order and document each contact and what they need.","Tell the Disaster Coordinator about any patient you cannot reach or who needs evacuation, so officials can be told.","Make sure patients on oxygen or other powered equipment have a backup plan.","Take part in the yearly training and exercises."],"primaryCitation":"10A NCAC 13K .0301(a)(12)","citations":["10A NCAC 13K .0301(a)(12)","10A NCAC 13K .0504(b)(4)","10A NCAC 13K .1206","10A NCAC 13K .1208(8)","G.S. 131E-208"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §418.113","42 CFR §418.110"],"surveyorAsks":["Who leads your emergency program? Show me your risk assessment and when the plan was last reviewed.","How do you know which patients need help first in a hurricane or a long power outage?"],"forms":[{"ref":"NC-HSP-EP-01-A","title":"Patient Emergency Plan"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (10A NCAC 13K .0301(a)(12))","5. Leadership and Succession","6. Risk Assessment","7. The Emergency Plan","8. Getting Each Patient Ready","8.1 Patient priority levels","9. Emergency Policies and Procedures","9.1 Additional procedures for a hospice-operated inpatient facility","10. Communication Plan","10.1 Keeping contacts current","11. When an Emergency Is Coming or Happens","11.1 After the emergency","12. Training","12.1 North Carolina training in a hospice inpatient facility","13. Testing the Plan","14. Review of the Program","15. Emergency Plans of Hospice Inpatient Facilities","16. Responsibilities","17. Records and Compliance Monitoring","18. Staff Training","19. References","20. Related Policies and Forms","21. Approval","22. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"nc-hospice","state":"North Carolina","service":"Hospice","guides":[{"path":"/guides/hospice-policies/","h1":"What policies are required for hospice?"},{"path":"/guides/hospice-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Hospice Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}