Emergency Preparedness

Family Emergency Health Information Sheet

ESAR-VHP

EMERGENCY SYSTEM FOR ADVANCED REGISTRATION-VOLUNTEER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS is a secure state-based system which encourages health care professionals with an active Indiana license to register as a health professional volunteer. In the event of a disaster, public health officials will identify potential health care volunteers based on the specific needs of the emergency response. If contacted to volunteer during an emergency and circumstances prevent your availability, the option to accept or decline any volunteer request exists. If the opportunity to volunteer is accepted, further instructions including where to report and what to bring will follow.

SEASONAL INFLUENZA

• Seasonal flu: Info for health professionals, parents, special groups, recent flu activity, FAQs, vaccines, available in 5 languages..more
  
• Wealth of free patient education: flyers for flu vaccination, facts & myths, adults, children, pregnant, high risk. Also vaccine dosage chart. Click here
  
• "I Had to Take a Flu Break" brochure
  
• Information on antiviral drugs and influenza
  
• Clinical description & diagnosis for flu
  

PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

• Indiana's Pandemic Flu Plan
  
• Pandemic Flu Checklist for Medical Offices and Clinics
  
• OSHA Guidance for Preparing the Workplace
  
• Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Guidance for Healthcare Workers and Healthcare Employer
  
• CDC Guidance on N-95 Respirator Use
  

INFECTION CONTROL

Suggested Language/Template for Ambulatory Infection Control Policy for Rural Health Clinics

• Stop the Germs Posters / flyers - click here
  
• Cover Your Cough
• Germ Stoppers
• Healthy Habits
• Kids' interactive, infection control. Fun! Video footage. "It's A Snap!" - click here
  
• Personal Protective Equipment:
  
• Donning N-95 masks poster
• Donning PPE, gowns, masks, gloves poster

ALL HAZARDS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

• Continuation of Operations Plan, click here
  
• HRSA Rural Preparedness document, click here
  
• Ready.gov website offers information on:
• natural disasters
• pandemic
• technological emergencies
• terrorist hazards
• option for protection
• recovery from disaster
• make a plan, build a kit, get involved with your community, business preparedness

Rural Health Clinic Preparedness Resources

• Regulation Appendix E for all provider types
• CMS EP Final Guidance for RHCs specific to RHCs
• CMS EP Checklist for RHC
• The Compliance Team at NOSORH Presentation RHC Preparedness
• Policy and Procedure Templates
• Healthcare Business Specialists
• RHC Emergency Operations Plan - NARHC
• Exercise Evaluation Templates
• Blank EEG
• Sample EEG for Health Care and Medical Response Coordination
• Participant Feedback survey forms

CHEMICAL PREPAREDNESS

• Chemical Agents: Facts about Personal Cleaning and Disposal of Contaminated Clothing, click here
  
• CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response: Chemical Agents A to Z, click here
  
• Chemical Terrorism, click here
  
• RHC Chemical Exercise, NaOH, ppt., click here
  
• Unidentified Chemical Exposure, click here
  

BIOLOGICAL PREPAREDNESS

CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response: Bioterrorism Agents / Diseases A to Z, click here

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.: Bioterrorism Agents, click here

RADIOLOGICAL PREPAREDNESS

CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response: Just In Time Radiation Training Video, click here

FAMILY PREPAREDNESS

Family Preparedness (resourses for kids too), click here

FEMA Are you ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness, click here

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Pocket Guides:

• Biological Terrorism
  
• Blasts and Explosions
  
• Chemical Terrorism
  
• Radiological Terrorism
  

Standard Operations Guidance (Policy) Templates for the following hazards are available upon request from the IRHA.

• Evacuation
  
• Fire Safety
  
• Government Emergency Telecommunications Service Cards
  
• Shelter-in-Place
  
• Tornado
  
• Winter Storm
  
• Workplace Violence