all-hazards approach to emergency preparedness, ESRD facilities should have the ability to communicate with all relevant partners, if necessary. However, during an emergency, facilities should prioritize communication with those entities with an immediate response role such as local public health, local emergency management, and their regional healthcare coalition. Emergency Preparedness Contacts Level Description Contact Name Email Local Public Health Local Emergency Management Tribal Regional: Healthcare Coalition Healthcare Coalition Coordinator State: Division of Quality Assurance Contact the appropriate BNHRC regional office. Ann Angell/SRO Leona Magnant /NERO Carol Jean Rucker/SERO Tammy Modl /WRO Jessica Radtke /NRO 608-266-9422 (AA) 920-448-5240 (LM) 414-227-4563 (CJR) 715-836-3030 (TM) 715-365-2801 (JR) State: Office of Emergency Preparedness and Health Care DHS 24-hour Emergency Hotline Answering service will direct to the correct personnel. 608-258-0099 none Federal: CMS CMS Region 5 Emergency Coordinator CMS Region 5 Emergency Preparedness Rule POC Primary: Justin Pak Secondary: Gregory Hann Secondary: Primary: Secondary: Federal: ASPR Secretary’s Operation Center (SOC) 24/7 Staffing 202-619-7800 Federal: FEMA Region V Regional Watch Center 24/7 Staffing 312-408-5365 none Tools and Templates: Policies and Procedures This section contains tools, templates, and resources that may be helpful for policies and procedures for the following subjects:
How do the authorities vary in different of emergency situations? How are occupancy levels communicated to local and state authorities during an emergency? How are supply and other needs communicated to local and state authorities during an emergency? How does the facility convey to and state authorities their ability to help others? How the means of communication differ depending on the emergency or the authorities being notified? What redundant means of communication exist for providing this information? Tools and Templates: Training and Testing This section contains tools, templates, and resources that may be helpful for training and testing: Exercise Design Checklist The Exercise Design Checklist document (linked below) provides a sample checklist for designing exercises. The document leads users through the necessary steps for exercise design and can be used to document the planning and development of exercises. The first section of the checklist includes consideration of the type of exercise, the exercise scenario, the main objectives (target capabilities/critical areas) to be evaluated during the exercise, the levels of activity to be included in the exercise, who will participate in the exercise, which organizations/agencies will be involved in the exercise, and when the exercise will occur. The second section of the checklist includes consideration of communications, resources, safety and security, staff roles and responsibilities, utilities, and patient care. The following sections guide exercise designers through identifying players’ expected actions, developing a purpose statement, writing the narrative for the exercise, identifying major and detailed events in chronological order, and completing the after action report and improvement plan. Exercise Evaluation Guide The Exercise Evaluation (linked below) is a blank document. The content and layout can be amended as is appropriate, but it is designed to help ESRD facilities assess their exercises. The guide includes areas for evaluating numerous activities included in a single exercise. Expected observations can be entered ahead of time. After the exercise, evaluators can assess whether expectations were observed and the extent to which expectations were completed or met. ESRD facilities can complete this exercise evaluation guide as part of their AAR, to assess areas of strength and weakness.