The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response’s Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (ASPR TRACIE) released new and updated health care preparedness resources, which could help you comply with some of the CMS emergency preparedness requirements:
- Extreme Weather and Healthcare: Lessons Learned and Considerations for the Future The Exchange, Issue 19: highlights lessons learned and strategies for planning and responding to extreme weather hazards (for example, burns and other injuries related to extreme heat, flooding, utility outages, and other infrastructure failures)
- Workplace Violence Considerations Speaker Series: features presentations from facility staff discussing their experiences with armed assailant planning and incidents
- Volunteer Management Topic Collection: includes resources to assist health care facilities with incorporating volunteers into their disaster management plans
