Build off any protocols you already have for handling extra-busy days at your emergency department (ED) to create a patient surge plan that can seamlessly expand as needed during a local disaster.
As the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak moves into its third week, infectious disease experts believe it’s well on its way to becoming a pandemic. Extensive travel restrictions and quarantines have been put in place, but the coronavirus continues to spread quickly and has already...
Dig out and update your plan for screening for MERS-CoV, Ebola, measles or any other infectious disease with the latest information on the newly identified 2019 Novel Coronavirus.
Do you ever find yourself at the end of the year with a list of random items that you just never got to? It’s not that they weren’t (or, indeed, aren’t) important, but...
Selected posters will be exhibited at the Emergency Management Standards Base Camp on April 21, and at the 2020 Emergency Preparedness Conference on April 21 and 23.
Healthcare compliance changed quite a bit in the last decade. For one thing, fire safety moved into the current millennium with the adoption of the 2012 versions of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code® (LSC) and NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code®.
As Hurricane Dorian gained strength in the Atlantic in late August, hospitals and other healthcare organizations in Florida and other parts of the southern U.S. prepared for what then appeared would be a direct hit.
