Fatality Management. 2.1 Definition: Fatality management is the ability to coordinate with other organizations (e.g., law enforcement, healthcare, emergency management, and medical examiner/coroner) to ensure the proper recovery, handling, identification, transportation, tracking, storage and disposal of human remains and personal effects; certify cause of death; and facilitate access to mental/ behavioral health services to the family members, responders and survivors of an incident; and
Fatality Management. PHEP 5.1 Identify Role with Partners (Awardee)
Fatality Management. Introduction <.. image(Hurricane Public Domain Image 13454 from xxxx://xxxx.xxx.xxx) removed ..> Fatality management refers to the recovery, handling, identification, transportation, tracking, storage and disposal of human remains, certifying cause of death, and facilitating access to mental/behavioral health services. Preparing for mass fatality incidents requires collaboration among a variety of agencies, including health departments, to help ensure a coordinated and thorough response. The fatality management pre-incident process measure is designed to encourage health departments to collaborate with emergency management and other key partners to determine what role public health will play in managing fatalities. It is understood that a health department’s role in this capability (i.e., from no role due to legislation/regulation to a supporting role in any number of the capability functions) will vary depending on the jurisdiction. As long as a health department determines its role in conjunction with emergency management and other key partners, it has met the intent of this measure.
Fatality Management. Introduction Fatality management refers to the recovery, handling, identification, transportation, tracking, storage, and disposal of human remains, certifying cause of death, and facilitating access to mental/behavioral health services. Preparing for mass fatality incidents requires collaboration among a variety of agencies, including health departments, to help ensure a coordinated and thorough response. The fatality management pre-incident planning measure is designed to encourage health departments to collaborate with emergency management, law enforcement, medical examiners, coroners, funeral directors, and other key partners to determine what role public health will play in managing significant numbers of fatalities – or in supporting the management of fatalities by other agencies. It is understood that a health department’s role in this capability (i.e., from no role due to legislation/regulation to a supporting role in any number of the capability functions) will vary depending on the jurisdiction. As long as a health department determines its role in conjunction with its key partners, it has met the intent of this measure.
Fatality Management. Introduction Fatality management is the ability to coordinate with organizations (e.g., law enforcement, healthcare, emergency management, and medical examiner or coroner) to ensure the proper recovery, handling, identification, transportation, tracking, storage, and disposal of human remains and personal effects; certify cause of death; and facilitate access to mental or behavioral health services for family members, responders, and survivors of an incident. Coordination also includes the proper and culturally sensitive storage of human remains during death surges. Capability Functions ▪ Coordinate surges of deaths and human remains at healthcare organizations with community fatality management operations ▪ Mental or behavioral support at the healthcare organization level Fatality Management
Fatality Management. Measure 5.1: Percent of healthcare coalitions (HCCs) that have systems and processes in place to manage mass fatalities consistent with their defined roles and responsibilities. Performance Target: 100% by the end of the project period (Year 1 data will be used to establish baselines) Data Elements: ▪ Has the HCC established systems and processes to manage mass fatalities consistent with its defined roles and responsibilities including but not limited to the following: ▪ Ensuring that systems and processes are aligned with the local jurisdictional EOP or fatality management plan. Fatality Management
Fatality Management. Introduction <.. image(Hurricane Public Domain Image 13454 from xxxx://xxxx.xxx.xxx) removed ..> Fatality management refers to the recovery, handling, identification, transportation, tracking, storage, and disposal of human remains, certifying cause of death, and facilitating access to mental/behavioral health and related services for survivors of the deceased. Preparing for mass-fatality incidents requires collaboration among a variety of agencies, including public health departments, to help ensure a coordinated and thorough response. The fatality management preincident planning measure is designed to encourage public health departments to collaborate with emergency management, law enforcement, medical examiners, coroners, funeral directors, and other key partners to determine what role public health will play in managing significant numbers of fatalities or in supporting the management of fatalities by other agencies. An assumption made here is that a public health department’s role in this capability (e.g., from no role because of legislation/regulation to a supporting role in any number of the capability functions) will vary depending on the jurisdiction. As long as a public health department determines its role in conjunction with its key partners, it has met the intent of this measure. Depending on its role, all elements within the measure may not be required to meet full capability based on awardee-determined role in fatality management.
Fatality Management. Introduction Fatality management refers to the recovery, handling, identification, transportation, tracking, storage, and disposal of human remains, certifying cause of death, and facilitating access to mental/behavioral health and related services. Preparing for mass fatality incidents requires collaboration among a variety of agencies, including health departments, to help ensure a coordinated and thorough response. The fatality management pre-incident planning measure is designed to encourage health departments to collaborate with emergency management, law enforcement, medical examiners, coroners, funeral directors, and other key partners to determine what role public health will play in managing significant numbers of fatalities – or in supporting the management of fatalities by other agencies. It is understood that a health department’s role in this capability (i.e., from no role due to legislation/regulation to a supporting role in any number of the capability functions) will vary depending on the jurisdiction. As long as a health department determines its role in conjunction with its key partners, it has met the intent of this measure. Depending on its role, all elements within the measure may not be required to meet full capability based on awardee-determined role in fatality management. Capability Functions This capability consists of the ability to perform the following functions:
Fatality Management. Introduction Fatality management is the ability to coordinate with organizations (e.g., law enforcement, healthcare, emergency management, and medical examiner or coroner) to ensure the proper recovery, handling, identification, transportation, tracking, storage, and disposal of human remains and personal effects; certify cause of death; and facilitate access to mental or behavioral health services for family members, responders, and survivors of an incident. Coordination also includes the proper and culturally sensitive storage of human remains during death surges.
Fatality Management. Key Questions Which agency/department has the lead role in FM for your jurisdiction? How are decedents processed in your jurisdiction normally/during a disaster? What are the roles and responsibilities of locals, regional and State government agencies? Who is responsible for processing death certificates, decedent recovery and identification, notify next of kin, etc. Has the HCC coordinated with local, regional, or State jurisdictions in order to identify the roles and responsibilities for its member hospitals, and other HCOs for Fatality Management? Do the individual facility plans align with the lead agency’s plan? Who is responsible for Family Assistance Centers (FACs) in the locals, regional and State government agencies?
