Resources
2024 Annual Risk Report: Everstream Analytics Webinar
The 2024 Annual Risk report is out and ready for review. Below are two methods of information. One being a PDF version of the report as well as a Youtube Webinar. The webinar is the preferred method.
Active Threat Webinar: SurviVermont
Local MRC partners, SVMC, and Bennington Police and Rescue presents SurviVermont. It is available to anyone in Vermont who requests it. This includes:
Trauma Bags are given free to organizations in Bennington County who take the training
Click on the invite and outreach letter (pertinent to Bennington County)
This is a local training given back in 2019 and re-edited into a 35 minute webinar useful for anyone to take
Click HERE to view the training
Barriers to Patient Flow: Patient Placement Playbook
This Playbook draws from the expertise of the Barriers to Patient Flow Workgroup listed below. The Workgroup convened to identify and overcome challenges with post-acute patient placement that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Disabilities Aging and Independent Living (DAIL)
Department of Mental Health (DMH)
Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (VAHHS)
Vermont Department of Health (VDH)
Vermont Health Care Association (VHCA)
Vermont Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Coalition (VHEPC)
In December 2021, we supported an existing initiative with the Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living (DAIL) in working with hospitals to overcome challenges with post-acute patient placement that was exacerbated by COVID-19. Below is the playbook to help resolve these issues:
Burn Surge Management Training
Vermont Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Coalition Burn Surge Management Training
Module 1: Hazards that can lead to a burn disaster and historical examples, case studies
Module 2: Burn triage, overview of triage inputs and triage decision-making considerations
Module 3: The science of surge capacity
Module 4: Burn surge disaster plan development, key considerations developing a burn surge strategy for your organization
Brockton Hospital: February 2023 Fire & Evacuation Resources
ASPR TRACIE put out a webinar about lessons learned from the Hospital fire/evacuation that occurred last February. More information about the event and webinar can be found with the link below:
emPOWER Data: Vermont
The de-identified (HIPAA masked) dataset includes at-risk Medicare beneficiaries from the Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS/Parts A & B) and Medicare Advantage (CMS’ HMO plans/Part C) Programs that rely upon the electricity-dependent durable medical equipment (DME) and cardiac implantable devices and healthcare services that include ESRD (dialysis), oxygen tank services, and home health visits. Detailed information regarding the dataset are included in the Menu tab and the Data Overview tabs of the attached workbook. Vermont HHS emPOWER Initiative Emergency Planning de-identified datasets are listed below:
Exercise Templates
Homeland Security Exercise & Evaluation Program (HSEEP)
First Receiver Training for Vermont
Many of you have reached out asking about First Receiver Training. The state of Vermont offers free First Receiver Training for your facility upon request. Please visit the site below for contact information to request this free training.
Vermont First Receiver Training
Please contact Chief Patrick McLaughlin for details.
Global Learning Summit - 2024
The 2024 Global Learning Summit will be happening May 7, 2024 - May 9, 2024. There are 100 hours of virtual content for $25.
Build your skills and demonstrate your expertise with BCSP’s Global Learning Summit (GLS). Designed specifically to leverage the strengths of virtual learning, the BCSP GLS provides high-quality professional development to all by removing the barriers of cost and geographic location. Enhance your career, network with professionals around the world, and take safety practice to the next level.
Learn more, HERE.
Healthcare Decon Training Course (Sponsored by VHEPC)
VHEPC has partnered with D2 Emergency Management Consulting to provide on-site first receivers training to eight Vermont Healthcare facilities during April and May. The eight hour training will alternate between classroom and practical exercises, to include:
Set up of decontamination lane
PPE donning and doffing
Review of roles and responsibilities
Alternatives to wet decon (PRISM study)
View all training options and apply to attend HERE.
Hospital Decontamination Self-Assessment Tool
The Hospital Decontamination Self-Assessment Tool was developed by the Harvard School of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Exercise Program (HSPH-EPREP) through a contract with the Office of Preparedness and Emergency Management at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, with funding from the Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Hospital Preparedness Program. Below is a resource to assist hospitals evaluate decontamination plans and capabilities.
Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) Basics Course
This 4.5 hour course provides an overview of the Hospital Incident Command System (HICSi) and the operation of the Hospital Command Center (HCC) during emergencies. The course includes hands-on training and use of HICS forms and tools.
The course prepares all levels of hospital management to meet the following:
Joint Commission Standard EM.01.01.01, EP 7: The hospital’s incident command structure is integrated and consistent with its community’s command structure.
NIMS Compliance Objective #7: Demonstrated the use of NIMS principles and ICS Management structure in training and exercises.
To access the course, visit the site, HERE.
INEX-6 Invitation to Play
The Sixth International Nuclear Emergency Exercise (INEX-6) is taking place March 19, 20 and 21. This is different from most exercises as it is focusing on long-term recovery. In the United States, the EPA is managing planning and participation. It should be an excellent investment of time and a lot of the issues being managed will be similar to those for other kinds of large-scale environmental emergencies. It will be in four modules over three days:
Health Impacts
Food Safety
Remediation and Decontamination
Waste Management
You can choose any of the modules you would like to participate in. Play can be as simple as listening. If you would like to participate, please contact Danielle Montecalvo at Montecalvo.danielle@epa.gov and tell her which modules you want to play in. Please copy Dr. Bill Irwin (william.irwin@vermont.gov) and Richard Spiese of DEC. Richard is Vermont’s lead planner and his email is richard.spiese@vermont.gov.
KCER: Kidney Community Joint Training Session - Dialysis Community Joint Training
The Joint Training Session was a collaborative meeting where the Kidney Community Emergency Response (KCER) Program, End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network, and the Vermont Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Coalition (VHEPC) shared information and resources with dialysis providers from Vermont. The recording is now available to review here. We invite dialysis providers and response partners from Vermont, and those who were unable to attend the session, to review and share the recording with others who may benefit from the Vermont Dialysis Community.
Below is a list of the KCER resources shared during training:
Regional Disaster Health Response System: Regional Webinars
The Regional Disaster Health Response System (RDHRS) has provided webinars that address best practices across a number of response capabilities within Region 1. The webinars include information on Family Reunification, Surging Hospital ICU Capacities, Ebola, Pediatric Patients and Acute Respiratory Illness, Fever and Traveling, Crisis Standards of Care, Legal Landscape for Emergency Preparedness, Healthcare Worker Wellbeing and much more! Be sure to check out the webinar linked below:
RHIhub: Rural Health Information Hub
The Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub) is a great source to keep up to date on rural health topics, funding opportunities, resources, and upcoming events for rural health stakeholders. The RHIhub website and newsletter can be found below.
Rural Emergency Preparedness and Response Toolkit
The Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub), in collaboration with the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, is announcing the release of the Rural Emergency Preparedness and Response Toolkit. This new toolkit was developed to help rural and tribal communities, healthcare facilities, and other organizations serving rural populations access evidence-based and promising models and resources to support emergency planning, response, and recovery efforts.
The Rural Emergency Preparedness and Response Toolkit consists of 6 modules and a set of 31 case studies and provides information, publications, tools, and other resources related to rural emergency preparedness and response:
Infectious Disease Outbreaks
Natural Disasters and Agricultural Impacts
Equipment and Infrastructure Failures
Chemical and Radiation Emergencies
Mass Casualty Incidents
Bioterrorism
Access the Rural Emergency Preparedness Response Toolkit HERE.
Using a VDH Satellite Phone
Please review the SAT Phone resource below on how to use it: