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Exercise OverviewThis 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 the evacuation of your hospital due to damage caused by a tornado.Caduceus Shield Exercise InitiativeThe Operational Maneuvers - A Hospital Evacuation Tabletop Exercise is part of the national Caduceus Shield Exercise Initiative. This exercise will be facilitated via an internet based application entitled the 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.
Join the Caduceus Shield Exercise Initiative LinkedIn group today. TestimonialsHospitals 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 AccreditationAll Caduceus Shield exercises are aligned with the various emergency management standards for hospital accreditation.
Homeland Security Exercise & Evaluation ProgramCaduceus 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 ReportAn 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 UtilizationCaduceus 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 ScenarioIt is late May and the severe weather associated with a line of thunderstorms moving through the area prompts the local forecast office of the National Weather Service to issue a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for the region at 1:15PM on a Friday. As the line of thunderstorms continues to intensify as it moves through the region, the local forecast office of the National Weather Service issues a Tornado Watch for the area. At 3:08PM, meteorologists at the local forecast office of the National Weather Service identify a thunderstorm on their Doppler weather radar capable of producing a tornado. They immediately issue a Tornado Warning. Exercise Participation Information
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