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Great Shakeout Exercise – October 20, 2011. Exercise Background. Part of our yearly emergency/disaster exercise schedule Earthquake is rated as the number 1 naturally occurring hazard by: UCLA Hospital System Los Angeles City and Santa Monica Los Angeles County
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Exercise Background • Part of our yearly emergency/disaster exercise schedule • Earthquake is rated as the number 1 naturally occurring hazard by: • UCLA Hospital System • Los Angeles City and Santa Monica • Los Angeles County • Significant fault systems in the state of California • Shakeout is in its 3rd year and expected to generate over 8 million participants
Earthquake Review • Not if, but when… • May create significant numbers of injuries/deaths in the community including psychological trauma • May impact physical resources of community and medical centers • Structural damage • Utilities including water, electricity, sewers, natural gas • Communication • Transportation
Exercise Specifics • 10:20AM and 8:20PM – Overhead announcements to asking all faculty, staff, volunteers, students, and visitors to drop, cover, and hold • All units/departments: • to complete and submit a Unit Disaster Assessment Form (via Command Aware or paper form) • to complete an “Envelope Exercise” • Each Area will receive an envelope with instructions and questions to answer/activities to complete: • “What is the location of your area’s disaster binder?” • “Print one form from the forms portal that you would use in an IT downtime situation.”
Additional Daytime Activities10:20AM to 1:30PM • RR Emergency Department & Admissions/Registration: • Simulated patients (moulaged volunteers) will be triaged and registered in the ED – will not progress further • Labor Pool: • HR will practice credentialing mock volunteer practitioners • Internal volunteers will be reassigned to alternate positions and will receive just in time training • Disaster Cache Activation: • Materials Management will coordinate distribution of Medical/surgical Supplies • Surge Trailer activation will occur and positioned (deployment after main exercise)
Additional Activities10:20AM to 1:30PM • Command Center Activation: • Security will practice command center set up • Pre-defined Incident Management Team members will respond and develop an initial incident briefing/incident objectives and incident action plan for the next operational period • Communication: • Test of department head page group and incident management team callback activation • Debriefing • 1:30 to 2:00PM in Tamkin Auditorium (B130)
Preparing for the Exercise • Messages to review in huddles: • Drop, cover, and hold • Locations and Contents of Disaster/Emergency Response Manual (Red Binder), Disaster Kit, Downtime Binder, Emergency Management Website • Locations of ELS and Disaster Phones, Evacuation Stairwells • What is a Code Triage / staff responsibilities • Checking area for objects/furniture that could fall in an earthquake • Assessing the area after an earthquake / submitting a Unit Disaster Assessment Report (including logging into CommandAware) • Specific Departmental Responsibilities following an Earthquake • Reinforce personal/home preparedness