| Course ID: | DMAN 7560. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Healthcare Emergency Management |
Course
Description: | An overview of healthcare emergency management in health facility settings including an all-hazards approach to preparedness, planning, and response. The course will use real-life and hypothetical examples to illustrate how to apply hazard assessments, hazard vulnerability analyses, drills, and after-action reports for healthcare facilities. |
| Oasis Title: | Healthcare Emergency Mgmt |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in DMAN 7560E |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | • Plan and develop an all-hazard approach to preparedness for healthcare facilities
• Differentiate between hazard vulnerability analysis and hazard assessment in health facility settings.
• Produce a generalized outline with specific sections and components of an after-action report.
• Classify types of hazards a healthcare setting may potentially face.
• Analyze the characteristics that distinguish among various hazard-types in a healthcare setting.
• Design and define the roles and functions of hospital managers and other personnel in disasters and public health emergencies. |
| Topical Outline: | Introduction to the Course
Review of National Incident Management System and Incident Command System
Hospital Incident Command
Hazards in a Health Care Setting
Hazard Vulnerability Analysis
Hazard Assessment Survey
Adversarial and Human-Caused
Technological and Accidental
Natural
Infectious Disease
Human, Property, and Business Impacts
Preparedness and Internal and External Response
Drills
After Action Reports |