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PH emergency preparedness - Coggle Diagram
PH emergency preparedness
key elements of preparedness
health risk assessment: identify hazards and vulnerabilities
legal climate: Identify and address issues concerning legal authority
Roles and responsibilities: clearly define, assign, and test responsibilities in all sectors
incident command systems: develop, test and improve decision making and response capability at all respons levels
public engagement: educate, engages and mobilize the public to be full and active participants in PH emergency preparedness
epidemiology functions: maintain and improve the systems to monitor, detect and investigate potential hazards
lab functions: maintain and improve the systems to test for potential hazards: environmental, radiological, toxic, or infectious
countermeasures and mitigation strategies: develop, test and improve community mitigation strategies ex isolation
mass health care: develop, test and improve the capability to provide mas health care services
public info and communication: develop, practice and improve capability to rapidly report accurate info
robust supply chain: identify critical resources for PH emergency preparedness
expert and fully staffed workforce
operations-ready workforce and volunteers: Develop and maintain workforce
leadership: train, recruit, and develop PH leaders
accountability and quality improvement:
testing opperational capabilities: practice, review, report on and improve PH preparedness by using real PH events
performance management: implement a performance management and accountability system
finnacial tracking: develop, test and improve charge capture, accounting and other financial systems to track resources and ensure adeqete and timely reimbursed resources
what constitutes a PH emergency?
whose scale, timing or unpredictability threatens to overwhelm routine capabilities
aligns with an all hazards approach
what does PH emergency preparedness require?
full range of prevention, mitigation, and recovery activities not just those deigned to enable responses to events
involves operational capabilities: the ability to quickly execute preparedness tasks
requires infrastructure, personnel, plans, etc. but this does not ensure readiness
PHEP is not a contuous state it requires continuous improvement
frequent testing of plans, formulation and execution of corrective action plans
improving the health and resiliency of communities
whos involved in PHEP?
governmental agencies
large share of first aid, search and rescue and other response activities provided by onsite civilians prior to arrival of response teams
community residents
businesses and nongovernmental organziations
coordination crucial for PHEP
elements of PHEP
accountability and quality improvement
pre-planned and coordinated rapid response capability
expert and fully staffed workforce
crosscutting themes
PHEP should be integrated with and expand upon daily PH practices
build upon existing systems
justice, accountability, transparency, and public engagement are essential in all aspects of PHEP
involve scalable responses, with core building block capabilities and functions that can be used during small routine events and can be scaled up for large events