Emergency Response: Evacuate or Shelter in Place?
Recorded On: 12/13/2024
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Hazardous events that may force healthcare facilities to make decisions about evacuating or sheltering in place are becoming more common. These decisions are complicated, often made under stressful circumstances, and can have life-or-death consequences. Because internal or external situations may require either partial or total evacuation, healthcare organizations should assess their organization's risks, devise a comprehensive evacuation plan, and test the plan. The plan should incorporate strategies to conduct both planned and unscheduled evacuations. As organizations and professionals providing care for the frail elderly and persons with disabilities, nursing homes have a moral, legal, and professional responsibility to plan and prepare for emergency operations, including the decision to evacuate or shelter in place. Evacuation of a nursing home is time-consuming, complex, and expensive and must be thoughtfully addressed in the facility's emergency preparedness and response plan, which includes discerned decision-making criteria to help make these decisions in a timely and effective manner, depending on the hazardous event faced. This presentation will discuss how aging services facilities can determine whether to evacuate or shelter in place, understand the different types of evacuations, and relevant guidance and regulations to consider.
Objectives:
- Enhance your organization's decision-making process when deciding when to shelter in place (SIP) or evacuate the residents and team.
- Compare different decision-making criteria to enable the provider to objectively measure increases in risk over time and guide response between stages of readiness for sheltering in place or evacuating.
- Recognize the purpose and activities of the after-action review to identify opportunities for improvement for the next emergency.
Attendees will be awarded 1.0 ANCC contact hours for completing the course/webinar.
Program Start Date: 12/13/2024 | Program Review Date: 12/12/2027
This program has been submitted for Continuing Education for 1.25 total participant hours from NAB/NCERS.
NAB Approval #20251212-1.25-A107685-DL
Program Start Date: 12/13/2024 | Program Review Date: 12/12/2025
Call the HealthCap Education Coordinator at 734-996-2700 for further information.
Angie Szumlinski, LNHA, RN, GERO-BC, RAC-CT, BS
Director of Risk Management
HealthCap Risk Management Services
Ms. Szumlinski is a nationally-recognized leader in long-term care, with a wealth of experience in virtually every operational and clinical aspect of the industry. She has experience as an Owner/Provider, Administrator, Director of Nursing, Corporate Quality Assurance Coordinator, and independent consultant. In the last 8 years, she has personally conducted over 1,000 on-site risk management visits at facilities across the country, touching every acuity level within the long-term care spectrum. As aA nationally recognized presenter for health care associations on current trends and best practices in the long-term care industry, Ms. Szumlinski is the author of hundreds of best-practice bulletins, in-service modules, and has hosted hundreds of risk management seminars across the country. Respected for success in assisting facilities in achieving and maintaining regulatory compliance, Ms. Szumlinski served two terms as an Associate Board Member for NCAL, is a member of the AHCA Survey/Regulatory Committee and served as a team leader for the AHCA/NCAL Quality Award program for 8 years. Ms. Szumlinski is the Nurse Planner for HealthCap Risk Management’s American Nursing Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) accredited education program.
Jen Salter, MS, LNHA, CPHRM
Director of Operations
Century Care Management, Inc.
Jen Salter is a Director of Operations for Century Care Management, a family owned and managed company out of Cary, North Carolina with a portfolio of nine (9) skilled nursing facilities. Jen has served this organization for fourteen years.
Jen is a proud graduate of The University of Tennessee where she studied Political Science and Forensic Anthropology. With a Masters degree in Gerontology from UNCW, Jen has been a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator since 2011. In 2019, Jen became a Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM) with the American Society for Health Care Risk Management (ASHRM).
Professionally, Jen passionately serves as a selected member on several committees to include American Healthcare Association’s (AHCA) Emergency Preparedness/Life Safety National Committee and North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association’s (NCHCFA) Standards & Ethics Committee. Jen also served as an AHCA Master-level Examiner.
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