2015 PERRC Workshop Listing PLEASE NOTE: Minimum pre registration attendance for each workshop must be met by March 2, 2015. If this is not met, CHEP reserves the right to cancel the workshop. Registration fees will be reimbursed in full to those registrants whose workshop has been cancelled by CHEP. CHEP is not responsible for any participant travel costs & adjustments. Please keep this in mind when making travel arrangements! Workshop A: Certified Healthcare Emergency Professional (CHEP) Credentialing Course and Exam Time: 8 AM 6 PM Total Cost: $605 (cost includes course materials, exam fee, application fee, tuition and a working lunch) The CHEP program is designed for individuals with an extensive background in health care related emergency management to review and test their knowledge and skills. Presentations will include emergency management laws and regulations of which candidates should be aware to protect themselves, their organizations and the environment. The Certified Healthcare Emergency Professional (CHEP) was developed to meet a need for a practical but professional certification for healthcare emergency directors, managers, coordinators, associates, consultants, and others who work with or coordinate real world issues with the health sector. This program relies on information, standards, and best practices from reliable sources including organizations such as NFPA, ASTM, DHS, HHS, EPA, OSHA, FEMA, and accrediting organizations such as The Joint Commission. This is a five hour preparatory course which will include the offering of the CHEP credentialing examination. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions regarding any pre provided sample test questions. (Note: Enrollees will be provided a copy of the CHEP Study Guide and sample exam questions prior to arrival at the PERRC.) Immediately following the course, the CHEP certification examination will be administered. Enrollees will have 3 hours to complete the exam. Exam Content Emergency Management Fundamentals Healthcare Emergency Concepts and Accreditation Standards Other Emergency Requirements and Joint Commission Standards Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Pandemic Other Emergency Management Concepts Course Objectives Special Instructions to register for this workshop: 1. Visit http://www.ibfcsm.org to submit your application and pay the $130 application fee and the $200 exam fee. 2. Register for PERRC and the workshop at http://www.cvent.com/d/84qbl3/4w. In addition to the application and exam fees there is a tuition cost of $275 (this includes a working lunch). If you are interested in sitting for the exam only, please contact perrc@chepinc.org for more info.
Workshop B: The Necessary Basics to Develop a Successful Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) Time: 8:30 AM 2 PM Total Cost: $295 (includes a working lunch) An organization s COOP is a living document that is not created in a remote office by a summer intern. A COOP is developed over time; LEADERSHIP must have buy in to the goals, objectives, and process required to develop an effective COOP. This program will outlines the basic components of a COOP in addition to offering guidance on how to accomplish the objectives. Identify and be able to utilize the Federal Continuity Preparedness Tools. Identify the differences between Essential Functions and Viable Elements. Describe who your Community and Organizational partners are and how they impact your COOP. COOP 101 Describing the COOP framework; defining of terms, elements, and capabilities of your COOP. Provide information about how a COOP event might affect you, your organization, and your family. Participants will be able to recall and identify several continuity plans other than a standard COOP plan. Federal Continuity Preparedness Tools Provide a contextual foundation for Hospital utilization of Federal Continuity Preparedness Tools. Provide an over view of the key Federal Tools and Resources which can be utilized by Hospitals to develop continuity plans and pro grams. Discuss the integration of the Tools and specific Hospital applications. Planning and Essential Functions Outlining of who should be in charge of COOP and who do you need involved. Participants will identify where COOP fall in the grand scheme of planning. Discussion of what are Essential Functions Viable elements vs. Essential functions? Integrating Community and Facility Partners Describing who your Community and Facility partners are and how they impact your COOP: Government, Private Sector, Non Profits, Volunteers, and Non Traditional sources. Orders of Succession Delegations of Authority Review a detailed operational understanding of the continuity viability elements of: Orders of Succession, Delegations of Authority. Discuss how to incorporate Orders of Succession and Delegations of Authority into hospital COOP Planning. What are the benefits and consequences of planning/failure to plan for: The incapacity or unavailability of hospital leadership, Making policy and operational decisions during emergencies. Identifying the importance and benefits of training and exercise relative to Orders of Succession and Delegations of Authority.
Continuity Facilities Identify Requirements for operating alternate facility. Assess Risks in determining which locations best serve the organization. Determine the viability of virtual offices including Telework to support EF Identify equipment needed to enable an alternate facility. Achieve survivable protection and endurable operations under any circumstance. Continuity Communications Identify and discuss the components needed for and impacting communication during a catastrophic incident: Technology, Priorities, Internal, External, and Family. How does your current communication plan fit into your COOP? Devolution Control and Direction Tests, Training, and Exercises Upon returning to their organization, the participant will be able to develop a devolution plan or procedures that address personnel, resource, planning, and training considerations needed to transfer the organization s Essential Functions and/or leadership authorities away from the primary facility or facilities, and to a location that offers a safe and se cure environment when catastrophes and other allhazards emergencies render an organizations leadership and key staff unavailable or incapable of performing its Essential Functions. Vital Records & Human Capital What are Vital Records and how are they managed/stored: electronic and hard copy documents, references, and records needed to support essential functions during a COOP situation. Define the two basic categories of vital records: Emergency operating records, Legal and financial records. Listing of considerations in Human Capital Management.
Workshop C: Canine First Aid Lecture and Hands On Workshop Time: 9 AM 11 AM Total Cost: $99 Disasters may affect both human and animal victims. In addition to the public population, there are first responder organizations that include search canines and other working dogs. They are all at risk for injury and illness throughout a disaster event. There may or may not be veterinary assistance readily available, especially if the local infrastructure has collapsed. This lecture is designed to present to nonveterinary personnel with basic veterinary first aid skills with the intent of providing a measure of medical care in the event veterinary care is not immediately available. It is not intended as a substitute for qualified professional care, but to allow for some measure of medical care as a bridge until veterinary care becomes available. This workshop will allow participants to get their hands on a dog and practice basic, non invasive first aid skill sets. These skills are not intended as a substitute for professional veterinary care, but to allow for some measure of intermediary care as a bridge until veterinary care becomes available. The intent is to help get an animal to a hospital in better shape than if no care were administered at all. Understand normal canine physical examination parameters in order to recognize the abnormal. Discuss common injuries and illnesses incurred by canines, search and pets, in a variety of disaster situations. Perform canine physical examination on a healthy canine. Utilize medical measuring devices on a dog, including but not limited to ECG, BP, pulse oximeter, stethoscope. Assess hands on identification of canine anatomy for injections, fluid administrations, IV catheterization, and applying bandages safely and properly.
Workshop D: Canine First Aid Lecture and Hands On Workshop (same workshop as Workshop C, just offered at a different time) Time: 3 PM 5 PM Total Cost: $99 Disasters may affect both human and animal victims. In addition to the public population, there are first responder organizations that include search canines and other working dogs. They are all at risk for injury and illness throughout a disaster event. There may or may not be veterinary assistance readily available, especially if the local infrastructure has collapsed. This lecture is designed to present to nonveterinary personnel with basic veterinary first aid skills with the intent of providing a measure of medical care in the event veterinary care is not immediately available. It is not intended as a substitute for qualified professional care, but to allow for some measure of medical care as a bridge until veterinary care becomes available. This workshop will allow participants to get their hands on a dog and practice basic, non invasive first aid skill sets. These skills are not intended as a substitute for professional veterinary care, but to allow for some measure of intermediary care as a bridge until veterinary care becomes available. The intent is to help get an animal to a hospital in better shape than if no care were administered at all. Understand normal canine physical examination parameters in order to recognize the abnormal. Discuss common injuries and illnesses incurred by canines, search and pets, in a variety of disaster situations. Perform canine physical examination on a healthy canine. Utilize medical measuring devices on a dog, including but not limited to ECG, BP, pulse oximeter, stethoscope. Assess hands on identification of canine anatomy for injections, fluid administrations, IV catheterization, and applying bandages safely and properly.