Protecting Patients When Disaster Strikes A Playbook for Safeguarding Emergency Power Systems for Rhode Island’s Critical Healthcare Facilities During Extended Power Outages

• 2017

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The Playbook, developed by RIEMA, RIDOH, and Powered for Patients, guides stakeholders in safeguarding emergency power systems and expediting power restoration for critical healthcare facilities during disasters. It emphasizes roles and responsibilities to ensure patient safety, incorporating enhanced protocols and national best practices. The four-phase continuum includes vulnerability assessment, system fortification, rapid threat response, and post-disaster recovery. Key stakeholders include healthcare facility managers, emergency coordinators, government officials, and electric utility providers. Powered for Patients, formed after Hurricane Katrina and Sandy, promotes best practices in emergency power system management to prevent patient fatalities and hospital evacuations.

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Hazard: Infrastructure Failure

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians; Physicians; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stages: Response; Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Disaster Planning; Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services; Emergencies

Institutions: Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency

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