Why exercise? A successful hospital and healthcare delivery exercise program demonstrates competence in emergency response functions. Exercises benefit both personnel, who gain experience in fulfilling roles they may be expected to fill during an emergency, and the organization itself by improving its emergency response and management capabilities.
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Exercises allow hospital, healthcare, public health and other business personnel to train and practice prevention, protection, response and recovery operations in a risk-free environment. They are a valuable tool for assessing and improving performance, while preparing for major incidents. Through exercises, organizations gain objective assessments of their capabilities so that gaps, deficiencies and vulnerabilities are addressed prior to a real world incident.
The Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness (YNH-CEPDR) can assist your organization with establishing an exercise program that is compliant with The Joint Commission standards and Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) requirements. Beginning with the definition of clear exercise objectives to scenario design, evaluation and development of an After Action Report, YNH-CEPDR’s HSEEP-certified exercise staff can fulfill all or part of your organization’s exercise needs.
YNH-CEPDR can provide:
- Complete HSEEP-compliant drill and exercise support or individual components as needed:
- Planning conferences
- Development of exercise objectives
- Development of exercise scenario and situation manual
- Exercise facilitation
- Exercise evaluation
- Development of an After Action Report by subject matter experts
- Coordination of After Action Conference and Corrective Action plans
- Assistance with developing and implementing a comprehensive exercise program
