Accommodating Accommodations - A Staff Sheltering Tabletop Exercise Print E-mail
Accommodating Accommodations Tabletop Exercise

Exercise Overview

This exercise will serve as an opportunity for the management and staff that make up your Hospital Incident Command Team to work through scenario information and injects dealing with caring for hospital staff and their families during an event requiring staff to shelter at the hospital.

Caduceus Shield Exercise Initiative

The Accommodating Accommodations - A Staff Sheltering Tabletop Exercise is part of the national Caduceus Shield Exercise Initiative.

This exercise will be facilitated via an internet based application entitled ON-Line eXercise (ONX) System which will allow hospital management and staff to participate in the exercise from their normal base of operation.

Information on the ONX System can be found at ONXSystem.com.


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Testimonials

Access testimonials from hospitals from across the country that have participate in previous Accommodating Accommodations Exercises.

Hospitals have been participating in ONX System exercises since May 2010. Here is what hospital emergency managers and others are saying about using the ONX System.

Caduceus Shield Exercise Initiative
Testimonials
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center - Cheyenne - Wyoming
Florida Department of Health - Tallahassee - Florida
Mercy Regional Medical Center - Durango - Colorado
Poudre Valley Health System - Loveland - Colorado
Wyoming Department of Health - Cheyenne - Wyoming

Hospital Accreditation

All Caduceus Shield exercises are aligned with the various emergency management standards for hospital accreditation.

Accreditation Standards
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care
Accreditation Canada
The Joint Commission

Homeland Security Exercise & Evaluation Program

Caduceus Shield utilizes the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) system for exercise design, facilitation and evaluation.

HSEEP compliant Exercise Evaluation Guides (EEG) are utilized to assess the various planning / preparedness, response and recovery capabilities and capacity of hospitals participating in all Caduceus Shield exercises.

After Action Report / Improvement Plan - Inject Response Report

An HSEEP compliant After Action Report / Improvement Plan (AAR / IP) is generated at the conclusion of all Caduceus Shield exercises. This report is based on an exercise specific Exercise Evaluation Guide and the observations and recommendations of an on-site evaluator. Each hospital will need to provide an internal evaluator for the exercise.

In addition all responses to injects and descriptions of actions taken by exercise participants during a Caduceus Shield exercise are captured within the ONX System and exported to generate an Inject Response Report at the conclusion of the exercise.

ASPR Fund Utilization

Caduceus Shield exercises are designed to meet all expectations associated with the utilization of The Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response (ASPR) funding requirements.

Exercise Scenario

In order to continue hospital operations during a severe weather event, the need arises to provide accommodations for hospital staff members and their families.

Exercise Participation Information

SPECIAL OFFER THROUGH MAY 31
Your entire Hospital Incident Command Team can participate in this exercise for $500. (The cost for this exercise is normally $1,500.)
For your hospital to participate in this exercise please complete an Information Request Form. Upon completing the form you will be contacted regarding additional exercise information.

 

Exercise Date Exercise Time Scenario Exercise
Registration 
Location / Participation
Individual participation registration CLOSES at 12:00PM ET on the day prior to the exercise
June 26 2012
9:00AM - 3:00PM ET
Participation Information
Staff Sheltering
Registration Is Not Currently Open
From your Hospital Incident Command Center, conference room or similar location via the ONX System as part of your Hospital Incident Command Team