Emergency Plan Manual

C. Notification The procedures on how the home health agency staff in charge of emergency plan implementation will receive warnings of emergency situations, including off hours, weekends and holidays: The Administration of ______________________________________ , monitors emergency-prone situations, via currently available means of information transmission, television, radio, telephone, cellular phone, two way radio, and the Internet. That monitoring will continue including off hours, weekends and holidays. The procedures for alerting key staff: Also, the Emergency Coordinator will instruct the daily on-call person to monitor any warning of emergency, and contact the Administration ASAP. Information is disseminated to the key and entire staff, primarily through the telephone, voice mail and alpha paging. The policies and procedures for reporting to work for key workers, when the home health agency remains operational: Staff are to physically transport themselves to the facility if roads are passable and open at a minimum of 2 times per 8-hour shift during an emergency situation if electronic means of communication fail or requests are made by administration (If staff is missing, not reported to the Agency, we will call the State and Local Community Agencies and authorities to report the missing, not reported staff). This assures continuity of communication and planning activities. The facility will remain opened, unless the authorities order it closed, without communication capability. Administrative and key staff will report for duty in the event of an emergency even though it may be their regularly scheduled day off. The procedures to confirm plans and alert patients in private homes, ALFs and/or AFCHs where patients are served and the precautionary measures that will be taken including but not limited to the home health agency’s inability to operate due to situations that are beyond their control. (Refer to s. 400. 492(3), F.S., for a description of how a home health agency shall demonstrate a good faith effort to comply with their emergency management plan): Patients will be alerted by phone or an employee visit will be made for precautionary measure, ______________________________________ will get another Agency to care for patients or call 911, if ______________________________________ is unable to provide the necessary services. (If patient can’t be found, or his/her hose destroyed, we will call the State and Local Community Agencies and authorities to report the incident to them). Whenever possible prior to emergency, patients will be notified of the impending closure of the agency. Patients needing continued treatment during an agency closure will be assisted through able caregivers or emergency services shelters. ______________________________________ , will assist, per policy, all active patients who require on-going assistance before, during, and after an emergency. The procedures for alternative means of notification of key staff and communicating with the local county health department and county emergency management should the primary system fail (pursuant to s. 400.492, F.S.): Information will be disseminated verbally, or in writing, at our main office location, should electronic means of transmission fail. The procedures for maintaining a current prioritized list of patients who need continued services during an emergency in the home, ALFs and AFCHs. The list shall indicate how services shall be continued in the event of an emergency or disaster for each patient and if the patient is to be transported to a special AHCA Form 3110-1022, Rev March 2013 Rule 59A-8.027, Florida Administrative Code http://ahca.myflorida.com/MCHQ/Health_Facility_Regulation/Home_Care/HHA/index.shtml#other . Page 10 of 54 Angel Home Care Services, Inc. Angel Home Care Services, Inc. Angel Home Care Services, Inc. Angel Home Care Services, Inc. Angel Home Care Services, Inc.