Strengthen Surge Management. Surge management is the ability to coordinate jurisdictional partners and stakeholders to ensure adequate public health, health care, and behavioral services and resources are available during events that exceed the limits of the normal public health and medical infrastructure of an affected community. This includes coordinating expansion of access to public health, health care and behavioral services; mobilizing medical and other volunteers as surge personnel; conducting ongoing surveillance and public health assessments at congregate locations; and coordinating with organizations and agencies to provide fatality management services. Associated Capabilities • Capability 5: Fatality Management • Capability 7: Mass Care • Capability 10: Medical Surge • Capability 15:
Strengthen Surge Management. Following a public health incident, HPP and PHEP awardees should coordinate to assess the public health and medical needs of the affected community, with PHEP awardees focusing on public health surge needs and HPP awardees and their HCCs focusing on medical surge needs. While the two programs may focus on different sectors within the community, HPP and PHEP awardees must coordinate these activities jointly. The following four activities are used to manage public health surge. Address mass care needs, such as shelter monitoring Address surge needs, including family reunification Coordinate volunteers Prevent or mitigate injuries and fatalities The following four activities are used to manage medical surge. Conduct health care facility evacuation planning and execute evacuations Address emergency department and inpatient surge Develop alternate care systems Address specialty surge, including pediatrics, chemical, radiation, burn, trauma, behavioral health, and highly infectious diseases. Management of Public Health Surge Activity 1: Address Mass Care Needs Joint Requirements PHEP awardees must coordinate with health care coalitions and their members to address the public health, medical, and mental health needs of those impacted by an incident at congregate locations. HPP awardees should serve as subject matter experts to PHEP awardees on the health care needs of those impacted by an incident. For example, HPP awardees, HCCs, and HCC members should serve as a planning resource to PHEP awardees and public health agencies as they develop mass shelters. In particular, HPP awardees and HCCs should provide their expertise on the inclusion of medical care at shelter sites.
Strengthen Surge Management. Recipients should focus on activities that strengthen their ability to support and manage increased demands for services, expansions of public health functions, increases in administrative management requirements, and other emergency response surge needs created by an emergency or incident. The following four activities are commonly used to manage public health surge: • Address mass care needs, including shelter monitoring and services for people with access and functional needs. • Address surge needs, including family reunification. • Prevent or mitigate diseases, injuries, and fatalities with a particular focus on historically underserved populations and those disproportionally impacted by PHEs, such as tribal communities, racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ community, people living with disabilities, and people experiencing homelessness. Review, update, and/or implement existing surveillance plans. Identify activities that require participation from other governmental entities, such as local or neighboring health departments and other stakeholders in the public health emergency management sector and local communities to identify and address potential gaps for a specific event. Ensure that existing electronic disease surveillance systems, laboratory response networks, and laboratory testing capability are up to date. The following activities are commonly used to strengthen biosurveillance: • Review, test or exercise, update and implement existing surveillance plans. • Identify activities that require involving other governmental entities, such as local or neighboring health departments and other stakeholders in the public health emergency management sector to identify and address potential gaps for a specific event. • Ensure that existing electronic disease surveillance systems, laboratory response networks, and laboratory testing capability are up to date. Domains specific to Component A include: • Strengthen Incident Management for Early Crisis Response • Strengthen Jurisdictional Recovery Domains specific to Component B include: • Strengthen Biosurveillance • Strengthen Information Management • Strengthen Countermeasures and Mitigation • Strengthen Surge Management
Strengthen Surge Management. Surge management is the ability to coordinate jurisdictional partners and stakeholders to ensure adequate public health, health care, and behavioral services and resources are available during events that exceed the limits of the normal public health and medical infrastructure of an affected community. This includes coordinating expansion of access to public health, health care and behavioral services; mobilizing medical and other volunteers as surge personnel; conducting ongoing surveillance and public health assessments at congregate locations; and coordinating with organizations and agencies to provide fatality management services. Associated Capabilities Capability 5: Fatality Management Capability 7: Mass Care Capability 10: Medical Surge Capability 15: Volunteer Management Domain Activity: Coordinate Activities to Manage Public Health and Medical Surge Deliverable Applies To Due Date Coordinate with emergency management, and other relevant partners and stakeholders to assess the public health and medical surge needs of the affected community. At minimum, local jurisdictions must have written plans in place that clearly define the public health roles and responsibilities during surge operations and outline procedures on how public health will engage the health care system to provide and receive situational awareness throughout the surge event. All PHEP Sub-Recipients June 30, 2022 Domain Activity: Coordinate Public Health, Health Care, Mental/Behavioral Health, and Human Services Needs during Mass Care Operations Local jurisdictions should coordinate with key partner agencies to address, within congregate locations (excluding shelter-in-place locations), the public health, health care, mental/behavioral health, and human services needs of those impacted by an incident. In collaboration with ESF #8 partners, health care, emergency management, and other pertinent stakeholders, local At minimum, these plans should address procedures on how ongoing surveillance and public health assessments will be All PHEP Sub-Recipients June 30, 2022 Surge management is the ability to coordinate jurisdictional partners and stakeholders to ensure adequate public health, health care, and behavioral services and resources are available during events that exceed the limits of the normal public health and medical infrastructure of an affected community. This includes coordinating expansion of access to public health, health care and behavioral services; mobilizing me...
Strengthen Surge Management. The agreement requires activities that include planning, training, and exercises, with emphasis on medical surge and emergency response with RHCCs, EMS, and other health care organizations. Each public health department must participate in activities of their respective RHCC throughout the year. You can view current activities on the coalitions’ website at xxx.xxxxx.xxx. Be sure to track your activities each quarter to remind yourself for the 4th quarter report. Look at other deliverables to find opportunities to participate in, or contribute to, the RHCCs. The following are examples of participation • Attend one of the two biannual meetings (or both) • Help plan and participate in emergency preparedness drills and exercises with other coalition members • Create or strengthen agreements such as Memorandums of Understanding with emergency response and healthcare coalition members • Engage the coalition and its members in capability planning and assigning roles and responsibilities • Participate on any of the RHCC subcommittees The Montana Regional Healthcare Coalitions are Southern Regional HCC: Bighorn, Carbon, CMHD, Crow, Gallatin, Madison, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, and Yellowstone. Eastern Regional HCC: Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Ft. Xxxx, Garfield, McCone, Northern Cheyenne, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sheridan, Treasure, Valley, and Wibaux. Central Regional HCC: Blackfeet, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Ft. Xxxxxxx, Glacier, Hill, Jefferson, Xxxxx & Xxxxx, Liberty, Meagher, Pondera, Rocky Boy, Teton, and Toole.
Strengthen Surge Management. 1. The Provider shall coordinate with its jurisdictional HCC and other partners to develop plans to address the following:
a. Mass care needs, such as shelter monitoring;
b. Surge needs including family reunification;
c. Coordinating volunteers; and
d. Preventing or mitigating injuries and fatalities. The plans shall be submitted to the Department when requested and made available for review during site visits. This task shall be completed throughout the term of the Agreement.
2. The Provider shall participate in planning discussions with community partners on readiness and capabilities, such as accommodations for temporary shelter, during public health emergency incidents. This task shall be completed throughout the term of the Agreement. Documentation shall be submitted to the Department when requested and made available for review during site visits.
3. The Provider shall implement cross-training and shared responsibility protocols for key public health staff roles and responsibilities. This task shall be completed throughout the term of the Agreement. Documentation shall be submitted to the Department when requested and made available for review during site visits.
4. The Provider shall participate in YAMMRS and KHCC to support the development and maintenance of regional surge management plans and protocols. This task shall be completed throughout the term of the Agreement. Documentation shall be submitted to the Department when requested and made available for review during site visits.
Strengthen Surge Management. Following a public health incident, HPP and PHEP awardees should coordinate to assess thepublic health and medical needs of the affected community, with PHEP awardees focusing on publichealth surge needs and HPP awardees and their HCCs focusing on medical surge needs. While the two programs may focus on different sectors within the community, HPP and PHEP awardees must coordinate these activities jointly. The following four activities are used to manage public health surge. • Address mass care needs, such as shelter monitoring • Address surge needs, including family reunification • Coordinate volunteers • Prevent or mitigate injuries and fatalities The following four activities are used to manage medical surge. • Conduct health care facility evacuation planning and execute evacuations • Address emergency department and inpatient surge • Develop alternate care systems • Address specialty surge, including pediatrics, chemical, radiation, burn, trauma, behavioral health, and highly infectious diseases.
Strengthen Surge Management. The agreement requires activities that include planning, training, and exercises, with emphasis on medical surge and emergency response with RHCCs, EMS, and other health care organizations. Local and tribal public health agencies should partner with ESF8 related AFN service organizations to develop or strengthen network communications and collaboration. These AFN healthcare providers are ESF8 designated partners within the RHCCs. Public health jurisdictions should consider them as response partners and include them in preparedness planning and emergency operations. PHEP encourages meeting with AFN stakeholders to discuss emergency preparedness at least once this fiscal year. Encourage them to Conduct this meeting in the most convenient and effective way possible. Include local emergency management considerations for how to best incorporate AFN stakeholders. LEPC approach is optional, but not required. Three points of conversation:
