Caduceus Shield Exercises - Hospitals (CS-1) provides hospital management and staff with a comprehensive means of assessing disaster and emergency planning, preparedness, response and recovery capabilities for scenarios identified in the hospital's Hazard Vulnerability Assessment.

Caduceus Shield exercises are designed to provide an opportunity for a single hospital or group of hospitals to participate in a realistic and meaningful exercise with measurable outcomes. Caduceus Shield provides an alternative to the traditional time consuming and costly approach to conducting tabletop, functional and full-scale exercises by utilizing an internet based exercise delivery system to design, facilitate and evaluate exercises.

All Caduceus Shield exercises are facilitated via the internet based application entitled ON-Line eXercise (ONX) System which allows individuals and teams to participate in an exercise from their normal base of operation or any other convenient location with internet access.

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

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Testimonials

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.

Hospital Accreditation

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

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 Scenarios

Core tabletop and functional exercises are available for the following scenarios.

Hospital Specific Exercise Development

The experienced team of exercise designers associated with the Caduceus Shield Exercise Initiative can develop, facilitate and evaluate an exercise designed to meet your hospital's specific need.

Please complete the Information Request Form if you would like additional information regarding designing your hospital's next exercise.

Examples of exercises developed to meet a specific need for a single hospital or group of hospitals can be accessed below:

Recurring Hospital Exercise Series

A scheduled series of recurring Caduceus Shield exercises can be accessed below: