Emergency Preparedness Program and Patient Emergency Plans
Sets up the Agency’s emergency preparedness program: a disaster coordinator and alternate, an all-hazards risk assessment for the Agency and the District, an emergency plan with continuity of operations, an individual emergency plan for every patient made as part of the assessment and recorded in the plan of care, procedures to tell District officials which patients need help to evacuate and which patients and staff cannot be reached, a communication plan, and training and exercises. The federal elements (42 CFR §484.102) bind a Medicare-certified agency; the Agency applies them to all patients as its own standard, with yearly review.
- Policy number
- DC-HH-EP-01
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 42 CFR §484.102
- Library
- Washington, DC home health · 58 policies
- Category
- Emergency preparedness
- Sections
- 32
In short
- Every patient has a written emergency plan and a priority level. Help keep the plan current and leave a copy in the home.
- Know your role in the Agency’s emergency plan and how to check in during an emergency.
- Keep your phone number and contact details up to date with the office.
- In an emergency, call patients in priority order and report anyone you cannot reach to the disaster coordinator, Avery Sample.
- Call 911 if a patient is in immediate danger.
What's inside
32 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (42 CFR §484.102; 22-B DCMR §3914.3(l)-(m))
- 5. Leadership and Continuity of Operations
- 6. Risk Assessment and Emergency Plan
- 6.1 Risk assessment
- 6.2 The plan
- 7. Individual Patient Emergency Plans
- 7.1 Made at assessment and kept current
- 7.2 Emergency priority level
- 7.3 Special patient groups
- 8. Policies and Procedures During an Emergency
- 8.1 Activation
- 8.2 Patients who may need evacuation
- 8.3 Following up with staff and patients
- 8.4 Staffing
- 8.5 Records
- 8.6 Incident reports
- 9. Communication Plan
- 10. Training and Testing
- 10.1 Training
- 10.2 Exercises
- 11. Review of the Program
- 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 emergency plan, your risk assessment, and when each was last reviewed.
- Show me this patient’s individual emergency plan. Where is it in the assessment and the plan of care?
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