Transcript Incident Command System (ICS) for Home Care

Incident Command System
(ICS) for Home Care
Kaleida Health Emergency Management
and the
Visiting Nursing Association of Western New York
VNA of WNY, Inc. and
VNA Home Care
Services
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Average Daily Census 6,500 patients
CHHA
LHCSA
2 Adult Day Care Sites
1,300 + Respiratory patients
1,000 Employees
5 branches servicing 7 counties of WNY
2 rural counties
Organization
• Home Health Care Services branch of
the Kaleida Health Care System,
consisting of 5 acute care hospitals and
multiple other entities.
• Site Emergency Management
Committees report to Corporate EMC
• VNA is represented on the Corporate
EMC.
Home Health Care
Emergency
Management
• Trail and development under fire!
• Aha moment!
• October 2006 Storm/Extend power
outage
• Agency wide initiative
• Senior management engagement
• Drills and exercises
National Incident
Management
System (NIMS)
• FEMA requires healthcare organizations to
implement 14 NIMS implementation Objectives
• Organizations must report compliance in order
to receive HHS funding.
• Require staff to complete no-cost online training.
• Requires revision and update of emergency
plans, operating procedures and incorporation of
NIMS and National Response Framework
components and principles.
Hospital Incident
Command System
(HICS)
• A flexible, comprehensive incident management
system intended for use in both emergent and
non-emergent situations.
• Designed for hospitals and includes provisions
for medical surge capacity and evacuation of
hospital facilities.
• Does not apply directly to Long Term Care or
Home Care organizations.
Home Care ICS
• Under development for use at the VNA or
other home care organizations (see
handout). Feedback welcome!
• Home Care specific and addresses
organization of functions typically found in
home care organizations.
• Flexible and scalable to fit the
organization’s leadership and staffing
models.
• Consistent with NIMS, ICS, and HICS.
Community
Integration
• Unique aspects of home care
organizations require collaboration with
local emergency managers / emergency
services.
• Benefits to local emergency managers
– Know locations of special needs population
– Hazards related to oxygen patients
– Community outreach / relations
– Emergency Preparedness
Accreditation
Programs
• JC, CHAP, ACHC
• Joint Commission Standards for Emergency
Management – Home Care
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Community involvement
Inventory of emergency management assets
96 hour self sufficiency
Six critical functions: Communications, resources and assets,
Safety and security, Staff, Utilities, Patient and clinical support
– Disaster privileging / credentialing
– Emergency planning
• NFPA 1600 – Standard on Disaster/Emergency
Management and Business Continuity – Conceptual
framework for EM programs
Contacts
• Jay Roorbach
– Kaleida Health Corporate Emergency Manager
– 716.859.8521
– [email protected]
• Laura Raisor, RN
– Director Clinical Services, VNA Home Care
Services
– 716.630.8765
– [email protected]