Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Plan
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.
About this policy
- Policy number
- NC-HSP-EP-01
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 10A NCAC 13K .0301(a)(12)
- Library
- North Carolina hospice · 60 policies
- Category
- Emergency preparedness
- Sections
- 28
In short
- 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.
What's inside
28 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- 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
An inspector may ask
- 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?
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