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Tricare 2001 Conference

JCAHO Emergency Management Standards for

Healthcare Facilities

JCAHO Emergency Management Standards for

Healthcare Facilities

CDR Robert G. Darling, MC, USN

Medical Director, Aeromedical Isolation Team and Containment Care

U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

Fort Detrick, Maryland

Tricare 2001 Conference

JCAHO Emergency Management Standards

JCAHO Emergency Management Standards

• Historically “Environment of Care” Standards

• Horizontal and Vertical Integration

• Update / Clarification of EM standards

Tricare 2001 Conference

JCAHO Emergency Management Standards

JCAHO Emergency Management Standards

• Significant revisions:– EC 2.14 Testing of emergency power sources– EC 2.9 Drills and Exercises– EC 2.10 Fire Drills– EC 1.6 Plans must address

Emergency Management

Tricare 2001 Conference

JCAHO Emergency Management Standards

JCAHO Emergency Management Standards

• EC 1.6 Emergency Management– Address 4 phases: Mitigation, Preparedness,

Response and Recovery– “All hazards” approach vice “disaster specific”– Employ a “Hazard Vulnerability Analysis”– Integrate with community-wide emergency

response agencies

Tricare 2001 Conference

JCAHO Emergency Management Standards

JCAHO Emergency Management Standards

• EC 1.6 Emergency Management– Logistics of critical supplies, staff and family-

support issues, media interaction, security – Alternative Care Sites– Must coordinate with the local EM community

Tricare 2001 Conference

JCAHO Emergency Management Standards

JCAHO Emergency Management Standards

• Definitions:– Disaster (civil disturbance)– Mitigation– Hazard Vulnerability Analysis

• Other (hazardous materials)

Tricare 2001 Conference

Tricare 2001 Conference

Points of Contact

CAPT Vince Musashe

CDR Jerry Mothershead

CDR Randy Culpepper

CDR Rob Darling

LCDR Craig Howard

VWMusashe@US.MED.NAVY.MIL

mothersheadj@nehc.med.navy.mil

randy.culpepper@det.amedd.army.mil

Robert.darling@det.amedd.army.mil

CMHoward@US.MED.NAVY.MIL