Emergency preparedness guidance for healthcare facilities
Ambulatory surgery centers occupy a particular position in the healthcare landscape that makes emergency preparedness both more critical and more complicated than it is for
There’s a consistent pattern I’ve seen across healthcare organizations of every size: someone attends emergency preparedness training on a Tuesday. By Friday, large portions of
Most organizations that have done any work on emergency preparedness have an emergency action plan. It exists somewhere — a binder, a shared drive, a
The call came in on a Tuesday afternoon. The caller identified herself as a medical assistant at an urgent care clinic. She told me there
Here’s a scenario I’ve seen play out more times than I can count. A facility conducts its annual emergency drill. Staff get notified in advance.
I’ve been on the receiving end of a lot of emergency calls. In 30 years working in public safety dispatch and EMS operations, I’ve talked
