8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Welcome
8:30 AM – 9:50 AM
Integrating your Front-Line Workforce into Disaster Planning
Lori Porter, LNHA, CAN, Co-Founder & CEO, National Association of Health Care Assistants
This dynamic session will outline the importance of embracing a team approach to the emergency management continuum. No longer can we rely on simply training our management teams to prepare, respond, and recover to adverse events and disasters.
CE Hours: 1 NHAP and 1 BRN
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Armed Intruder and Active Shooter in an LTC Facility
Stan Szpytek, Life Safety Consultant / President, CAHF / Fire and Life Safety, Inc.
This session will provide an overview of the options that need to be considered when planning, preparing and responding to the "The Unthinkable;" an armed intruder or active shooter in a long-term care facility. The importance of preparedness and the utilization of a concept known as the "Four Outs" will be presented in this straightforward presentation on the harsh realities of these types of violent incidents that can impact providers that serve a vulnerable population.
CE Hours: 1 NHAP and 1 BRN
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Caring for the Caregivers
Stan Szpytek, Life Safety Consultant / President, CAHF / Fire and Life Safety, Inc. • Lisa Sweet, RN, Co-founder, National Association of Health Care Assistants
Drawing on her experience from the Joplin, Missouri tornado in 2011, Lisa Sweet discusses the importance of mental and emotional health. She describes the years following the tornadic event that claimed 161 lives, including 16 from a nursing home where she worked through that night trying to find residents and staff. Diagnosed with PTSD, Lisa recounts her journey to acceptance and healing. Most importantly Lisa parallels her journey to the experiences caregivers have faced through the COVID pandemic and other situations, including the risk to their mental and emotional health. To that end, Lisa outlines the importance of the intentional effort caregivers must take to maintain their mental and emotional well-being and identifies free and anonymous resources for assistance.
CE Hours: 1 NHAP and 1 BRN
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Tabletop Exercise
Jason Belden, Director of Emergency Preparedness, CAHF
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Lunch with Exhibitors
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
How to turn the Great Shakeout into an Exercise for your Facility
Nora O’Brian, MPA, CEM, Chief Executive Officer, Connect Consulting Services
Connect Consulting Services will show you how to design and conduct a tabletop or a functional exercise for the Great Shakeout Earthquake Drill for your organization to practice "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" to test your earthquake emergency plans. Participating in the Shakeout Earthquake Drill will also aid you in meeting the CMS Emergency Preparedness Exercise Compliance Requirements for long-term care agencies. Lastly, we will provide you with tools and strategies to write your Great Shakeout Earthquake After Action Report and Improvement Plan that will allow you to evaluate your exercise lessons learned and earthquake emergency plan areas of Improvement.
CE Hours: 1 NHAP and 1 BRN
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
NHICS 101: Nursing Home Incident Command Introduction
Jason Belden, Director of Emergency Preparedness, CAHF
This course will provide an introduction to the Incident Command System and how it has been adapted for use in long-term care facilities. Learn about real-world examples of its use during events and examples of where it could have worked.
CE Hours: 1 NHAP and 1 BRN
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
Exhibitor Tabletop Show
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Facility-Based Emergencies Can be Avoided
Derrick Denis, CIAQP, CAC, CIEC - Clark, Seif, Clark, V.P. of IEQ, Clark Seif Clark, Inc. (CSC)
Everyone agrees a good indoor environment is important. But, ask yourself, what does it mean to provide a “good” indoor environment? And, importantly what are the consequences of a failure to provide such an environment? Come learn about the real-world impacts of missing the mark on good indoor environmental quality.
CE Hours: 1 NHAP and 1 BRN