Healthcare Facility Evacuation Planning: Course Overview

1. Healthcare Facility Evacuation Planning: Course Overview OSHA Training Institute – Region IX University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Extension OSHA Training Institute

2. Goal: To familiarize the participants with: • The history of healthcare facility evacuations • Regulations and legal issues • Analysis and planning for possible evacuations • Regional plans for evacuation • Methods of safe egress OSHA Training Institute

3. Goal: To familiarize the participants with: • Employee safety issues • Command and control during evacuation events • Methods to drill your staff through table top exercises • Debriefing and evaluation of the exercise • And, provide materials to conduct table top exercises at your facility OSHA Training Institute

4. Table Top Exercise • We will conduct a table top exercise using the Hospital Incident Command Structure • We will debrief after the drill, answer questions, perform evaluations and after-action reports • We will provide the participants with the means to teach this course and conduct table top exercises at their home institutions OSHA Training Institute

5. Day 1 • History of Evacuations • Evacuation Regulations and Legal Issues • Hazard Vulnerability Analysis and Preparation • Evacuation Issues and Institutional Planning • Regional Evacuation Plans and Issues • Methods of Safe Egress • Employee Safety Issues OSHA Training Institute

6. Day 2 • Command and Control • HVA Results • Patient Movement Techniques • Train the Trainer • Table Top Exercise for Evacuation • Participant Presentations • Exam and Evaluation OSHA Training Institute