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Emergency Preparedness Program

Sets out the Agency's all-hazards emergency preparedness program for California's real risks (wildfire and smoke, earthquake, Public Safety Power Shutoffs, extreme heat, floods, pandemics and system outages): the risk assessment, each patient's emergency plan and priority level, staffing and continuity of operations, the communication plan, protecting records, keeping the two-hour in-person nursing response going, training at least every two years and exercises at least every year, and review of the whole program at least every two years.

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About this policy
Policy number
CA-HSP-EP-01
Version
1.0
Main rule
42 CFR §418.113
Library
California hospice · 60 policies
Category
Emergency preparedness
Sections
19

In short

  • Every patient has an emergency plan and a priority level. Patients on oxygen or other powered equipment are called first.
  • When a power shutoff, evacuation warning or other emergency is announced, check in with the Agency and follow the disaster coordinator (Avery Sample).
  • Help families sign up for power shutoff alerts and plan where they would go if they must leave.
  • If the electronic record is down, document on paper and keep going.
  • Never drive into an evacuation zone, past a road closure or into unsafe smoke or flooding.

What's inside

19 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.

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  • Terms of Reference
  • 1. Purpose
  • 2. Scope
  • 3. Definitions
  • 4. Policy Statement (42 CFR §418.113; 22 CCR §74880(d)(4)(A))
  • 5. Risk Assessment (42 CFR §418.113(a))
  • 6. Patient Emergency Plans and Priority Levels
  • 7. Policies and Procedures (42 CFR §418.113(b))
  • 8. Communication Plan (42 CFR §418.113(c))
  • 9. Activation and Response
  • 10. Recovery and Evaluation
  • 11. Training and Testing (42 CFR §418.113(d))
  • 12. Responsibilities
  • 13. Records and Compliance Monitoring
  • 14. Staff Training
  • 15. References
  • 16. Related Policies and Forms
  • 17. Approval
  • 18. Revision History

An inspector may ask

  • Show me your risk assessment. Which hazards did you rank highest, and why?
  • How do you know which patients depend on electricity, and what do you do when a Public Safety Power Shutoff is announced?

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