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Workshop Overview:

In today's society, we are faced with the real threat of having an active intruder threatening lives within our healthcare facilities. Learn from our subject matter experts how to plan, prepare, respond, and recover from an active intruder/ shooter.

This program has been approved for Continuing Education for 2 total participant hours by NAB/NCERS—Approval # 20241017-2-A97499-DL. CEUs are approved for Licensed Long Term Care Administrators through the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB).

Workshop Objectives:

• Define Active Intruders/Shooters

• Describe characteristics of an Active Intruder and Active Intruder incidents

• Describe actions to take to prevent and prepare for potential Active Intruder incidents

• Describe actions to take when confronted with an Active Intruder

• Describe actions to take with the responding law enforcement officials

• Identify indicators of violence

• Review Healthcare facility considerations
  

Recommended Participants: All Health Care Workers

Workshop Length: 2.0 CE Hours

Cost: FREE

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Workshop Overview:

This workshop provides information and guidance on how Blizzard/Polar Vortex incident may affect your healthcare organization's patients/residents, staff, and vendors. Learn how to recognize Blizzard/ Polar Vortex hazards, understand severe weather warning systems, and know how to plan, prepare, respond, and recover from a severe weather incident.

Workshop Objectives:

• Identify NOAA and other Blizzard/ Polar Vortex Warning Systems

• Understand the impact of a Blizzard/ Polar Vortex incident can have on your healthcare organization's patients/residents, staff, and other occupants

• Review recommended Standard Operating Procedures for a Blizzard/ Polar Vortex incident

• Know how to plan, prepare, respond, and recover from Blizzard/ Polar Vortex incidents
  

Recommended Participants:

Healthcare Provider Emergency Planning and Response Teams

Cost: FREE

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Workshop Overview:

This workshop provides information and guidance on how Blizzard/Polar Vortex incident may affect your healthcare organization's patients/residents, staff, and vendors. Learn how to recognize Blizzard/ Polar Vortex hazards, understand severe weather warning systems, and know how to plan, prepare, respond, and recover from a severe weather incident.

Workshop Objectives:

• Identify NOAA and other Blizzard/ Polar Vortex Warning Systems

• Understand the impact of a Blizzard/ Polar Vortex incident can have on your healthcare organization's patients/residents, staff, and other occupants

• Review recommended Standard Operating Procedures for a Blizzard/ Polar Vortex incident

• Know how to plan, prepare, respond, and recover from Blizzard/ Polar Vortex incidents
  

Recommended Participants:

Healthcare Provider Emergency Planning and Response Teams

Cost: FREE

Download the full course details, including Continuing Education credits here >

Workshop Overview:

Approximately 75% of the nearly 25,000 Workplace Assaults reported occurring in healthcare or social-service settings. This workshop will prepare your staff to identify potential workplace violence threats, provide guidance to safely manage a workplace violence incident, and assist in recovery from violence in the workplace.

Workshop Objectives:

• Review workplace violence statistics and incidents

• Identify conditions and situations in the workplace that may precede workplace violence

• Understand how to recognize behaviors and early signs of potential acts of violence

• Identify the signs of an escalating threat of workplace violence

• Learn how to respond appropriately and to decrease the threat of escalating

• Identify signs and symptoms of staff members experiencing traumatic stress from acts of violence  

• Identify strategies to help staff members experiencing post-traumatic stress

Recommended Participants:

Healthcare Administrators, Emergency Operations Program Planning Teams and All Health Care Personnel

Cost: $75 per individual

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Workshop Overview:

A full-scale exercise is defined and accepted as any operations-based exercise that assesses a facility’s functional capabilities by simulating a response to an emergency that would impact the facility’s operations and its given community. The purpose of the FSE is to perform the operational coordination, communication, infection control/ prevention and mass care tasks for Healthcare Organizations during a Healthcare Acquired Infections (HAI) scenario. 

Workshop Objectives:

• Identify key planning elements including plans, policies, and procedures during the simulated incident. 

• Discuss and document an initial assessment of multiple incidents and discuss the appropriate actions and tasks to reduce or eliminate loss of life and property. 

• Identify key National Incident Management System roles and responsibilities and their functions during the simulated incident, and more.

Recommended Participants:

Nursing Home Administrators, Director of Nursing, Facility Managers, Emergency Response or Safety Team Members, Nurses and Social Workers and all other staff required to simulate a Healthcare Acquired Infections (HAI) Response.

Cost: Complimentary

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Workshop Overview:

Based on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) emergency preparedness regulatory updates; CHUG has completely revamped the Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) templates. Consisting of over 350 documents and forms it can be challenging for a new or existing user to navigate. Learn how the EOP is organized and how the components complement each other for a cohesive EOP for your organization. The purpose of this workshop is to provide guidance on the structure of the plan, its components and how to implement for your organization

Workshop Objectives:

• Understand the rationale behind the structure and components of the plan

• Know how to relate Plans, Policies, Procedures and Forms to regulatory compliance.

• Understand how to navigate through the plan

• Know how to customize, implement, and execute the plan

Recommended Participants:

Healthcare Administrators, Emergency Operations Program Planning Teams and All Health Care Personnel

Cost: FREE

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Workshop Overview:

The key to safety and survival during a fire at home, on vacation, and in the workplace is to have a thorough understanding of fire behavior, the dangers of fire, when and how to evacuate and when to help others. TV and the movies have misrepresented the dangers of fires and survival. This workshop provides an understanding of fire behavior, how to react and respond to a fire in a healthcare facility and fire prevention practices and principles for home and work.

Workshop Objectives:

• Review nursing home fire incidents and statistics

• Identify the primary sources of fires in nursing homes

• Gain knowledge of the many life safety hazards of fire.

• Gain a basic understanding of fire behavior.

• Understand when to leave, rescue others or attempt to extinguish a fire.

• Gain knowledge of fire prevention and survival skills

   

Recommended Participants:

Healthcare Administrators, Emergency Operations Program Planning Teams and All Health Care Personnel

Cost: $150 per organization (contact CHUG with individual attendee information)

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Workshop Overview:

This Table-Top Exercise (TTX) includes a group discussion led by a facilitator, using a narrated, clinically-relevant emergency scenario, and a set of problem statements, directed messages, or prepared questions designed to challenge an emergency plan. The purpose of the TTX is to discuss the operational coordination, communication, infection control/ prevention and mass care tasks for Healthcare Organizations during a Healthcare Acquired Infections (HAI) scenario.

Workshop Objectives:

• Identify key planning elements for including plans, policies, and procedures

• Discuss and document an initial assessment of multiple incidents and discuss the appropriate actions and tasks to reduce or eliminate loss of life and property

• Identify key National Incident Management System roles and responsibilities and their functions, and more!

Recommended Participants:

All Department Heads to include but not be limited to: Nursing Home Administrators, Director of Nursing, Facility Managers, Emergency or Safety Planning Team Members, Health Care Workers, Social Workers, Environmental Services, Dietary, etc.

Cost: Complimentary

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Workshop Overview:

The incident of an active intruder/shooter appears to be a daily occurrence somewhere worldwide. The number of events affecting healthcare organizations has increased.

Knowing how to respond is critical to saving lives. Our subject matter experts will provide education on how to plan, prepare, respond, and recover from an active intruder/shooter or violent event.

Workshop Objectives:

• Define Active Intruders/Shooters

• Describe characteristics of an Active Intruder and Active Intruder incidents

• Describe actions to take to prevent and prepare for potential Active Intruder incidents

• Describe actions to take when confronted with an Active Intruder

• Describe actions to take with the responding law enforcement official

• Identify indicators of violence

• Review Healthcare facility considerations

Recommended Participants:

Healthcare Administrators, Emergency Operations Program Planning Teams, All Health Care Workers

Download the full course details, including Continuing Education credits here >

Workshop Overview:

COOP is the abbreviation for Continuity Of Operations Plan. This workshop is designed to provide the components, rationale for developing, plan and regulatory requirements, and steps to create a COOP. In addition, identify how to implement, train, and exercise your COOP.

Workshop Objectives:

• Provide the rationale for a COOP plan,

• Understand recommended components,

• Review how to assess your COOP plan requirements,

• Learn how to develop and implement your COOP Plan

• Identify how to train and exercise your COOP Plan.

Recommended Participants:

Healthcare Provider Emergency Planning and Response Teams

Cost: $75 per individual or $150 per organization (contact CHUG for group payment + attendee information)

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Workshop Overview:

This workshop is designed to provide the participant with the knowledge to safely and effectively move and transport patients during an evacuation. Virtual presentations will cover horizontal and vertical movement of patients utilizing various techniques and equipment focusing on insuring that the individual's physical and medical needs and requirements are met throughout the evacuation process.

Purpose:

Workshop Objectives:

• Review important health and safety issues for moving patients

• Discuss patient mobility issues and how to communicate them to staff

• Provide an overview of rescue/ evacuation equipment

• Demonstrate safe and effective utilization of rescue/ evacuation equipment

Recommended Participants:

Healthcare Administrators, Emergency Operations Program Planning Teams and All Health Care Personnel

Cost: FREE

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Workshop Overview:

One of the key components in determining an organization's probability and risk for emergencies and disasters is to conduct an annual Hazard Vulnerability Assessment (HVA). The HVA is a vital component of the Organizations' Emergency Preparedness Program and helps establish priorities for creating, educating, testing, evaluating, and revising your emergency operations plan. This workshop provides the organization with information and value of conducting an annual HVA, a hands-on experience to create their HVA and tools to conduct future HVA with their emergency planning team. 

Workshop Objectives:

• Review the importance and purpose of conducting an annual HVA.

• Understand the regulatory compliance justification for conducting an annual HVA

• Identify the types of risks and hazards faced by healthcare facilities.

• Develop a consensus methodology to work through and score the HVA for your facility.

• Complete your annual facility specific HVA

   

Recommended Participants:

Healthcare Administrators and Emergency Operations Program Planning Teams

Cost: $150 per organization (contact CHUG with individual attendee information)

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Workshop Overview:

An important component of Incident Command is the development, implementation, and review of a formal Incident Action Plan (IAP). This workshop is designed to review the rationale for developing the IAP, components of an IAP. What Incident Command Function is responsible for the development and sharing of the IAP and the NIMS compliant forms required.

Workshop Objectives:

• Review the rationale for developing the IAP

• Understand the components of an IAP

• Identify key functions responsible to develop and share the IAP

• Review the required IAP forms  

Recommended Participants:

Healthcare Provider Emergency Planning and Response Teams

Cost: FREE

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Workshop Overview:

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid System (CMS) requires a robust and comprehensive Internal and External Communication Plan. This workshop is designed to educate participants on the CMS Communication Regulations and their related E-Tags. In addition, the workshop will cover the 3 basic types of communication: notification systems, internal and external communication systems and potential back-up modes for each system.

Workshop Objectives:

• Understand CMS Communication Plan requirements.

• Review the types of communication systems and back up modes.

• Review development and maintenance of the Communication Plan

• Preview CHUG Communication Plan Worksheet

Recommended Participants:

Healthcare Administrators and Emergency Operations Program Planning Teams

Cost: FREE

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Workshop Overview:

Learn the basic principles of Infection control prevention, how to mitigate, and respond to infections. Challenge your healthcare team to break the chain of infection and utilize best practices in infection control. This course will empower your healthcare team to identify healthcare acquired infections (HAI), decrease the risk, and the exposure of HAI's.

Workshop Objectives:

• Gain an understanding of germs and theory behind infection control

• Learn preventive methods of infection control

• Provide knowledge, tools, and resources for infection control and prevention

• Identify ways to keep your workplace, family, and community safe from infectious disease outbreaks

Recommended Participants:

Healthcare Administrators, Emergency Operations Program Planning Teams and All Health Care Personnel

Cost: $75 per organization Continuing Education Credits for Nursing, Social Work, Nursing Home Administrators.

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Workshop Overview:

The newly revised CHUG Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) (templates) has a very comprehensive Forms Library that provides all the essential forms to support the EOP’s Plans, Policies and Procedures. Many of the forms assist with CMS Compliance as well. This workshop provides guidance on how to navigate and use the Forms Library as well as review of many of the critical and essential forms.

Workshop Objectives:

• Understand how to navigate and use the EOP templates.

• Review critical and essential forms.

• Understand how forms support the EOP and assist with CMS Compliance

Recommended Participants:

Healthcare Administrators and Emergency Operations Program Planning Teams

Cost: FREE

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Workshop Overview:

COVID-19 has demonstrated the profound effects it has placed on healthcare. It has played havoc on patients, residents, staff, and families. In addition, it has stressed employers, society, and caused an increase in behavioral/mental health issues.

Workshop Objectives:

• Identify the physical, spiritual, emotional, and behavioral consequences of individuals  experiencing a “Critical Incident” and/or long-term exposure to chronic stress

• Define the types of critical stress, the warning signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and Critical Incident Stress Management Policies/Procedures

• Identify intervention strategies as well as comprehensive recovery resources to help those affected

Recommended Participants:

Healthcare Provider Emergency Planning and Response Teams

Cost: $75

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Workshop Overview:

This workshop is designed to provide the participant with an overview of the profound impact of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations and deficiencies have on Healthcare Organizations. The workshop will cover Major Trends, Critical Labor Shortages, the Impact of Legislation and Regulations, Deficiencies, Penalties, Related Costs, and most importantly how your agency could resolve the gaps.

Workshop Objectives:

• To gain an understanding of how legislation and CMS regulations negatively impact Healthcare Organizations.

• To identify how penalties and related costs for compliance affect profitability.

• To learn how your organization can resolve gaps.

Recommended Participants:

Healthcare Administrators, Emergency Operations Program Planning Teams and All Health Care Personnel

Cost: FREE

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Workshop Overview:

This workshop provides information and guidance on how a tornado/ severe weather incident may affect your healthcare organization's patients/residents, staff, and other occupants. Learn how to recognize tornado/severe weather, understand severe weather warning systems, and know-how to plan, prepare, respond, and recover from tornado/severe weather incidents.

Workshop Objectives:

• Identify Severe Weather/ Tornado Warning Systems

• Understand the impact of a Severe Weather/ Tornado incident can have on your healthcare organization's patients/residents, staff, and other occupants

• Review recommended Standard Operating Procedures for a Severe Weather/ Tornado incident

• Know how to plan, prepare, respond, and recover from tornado/ severe weather incidents

Recommended Participants:

Healthcare Administrators, Emergency Operations Program Planning Teams and All Health Care Personnel

Cost: FREE

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Workshop Overview:

This workshop is designed to provide the attendees with an overview of Public Health (PH) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) current regulations and updates and to prepare healthcare organizations for the emergency preparedness portion of the Life Safety Survey. 

Workshop Objectives:

• Discuss the latest IDPH and CMS emergency preparedness requirements

• Provide an understanding of the relationship between the revised regulations and E-Tag compliance

• Demonstrate the relationship between the revised regulations and Emergency Operations Plan policies and procedures

Recommended Participants:

Healthcare Administrators and Emergency Operations Program Planning Teams 

Cost: FREE

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Operation “Deep Freeze” Full-Scale Exercise (FSE) is a webinar-based exercise allowing healthcare and other organizations the opportunity to test their Emergency Operations Plan and Blizzard/ Power Outage plans during a simulated Blizzard and Power Outage incident.

A Full-scale Exercise (FSE) is defined by CMS as: “Any operations-based exercise (drill, functional, or full-scale exercise) that assesses a facility’s functional capabilities by simulating a response to an emergency that would impact the facility’s operations and their community”.

Cost: FREE

Please register for CHUG Electrical Fire and Power Outage Community Full-Scale Exercise on Oct 13, 2021 10:00 AM - 2 PM CDT at:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6929172171957720331

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

CHUG Electrical Fire and Power Outage Community Tabletop Exercise on Sep 9, 2021 10:00 AM - !2 PM CDT at:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1155989557738358027

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Register Now: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/453279578259879438

Full-Scale Exercise (FSE) is defined by CMS as any operations-based exercise (drill, functional, or full-scale exercise) that assesses a facility’s functional capabilities by simulating a response to an emergency that would impact the facility’s operations and their community.

Register Now: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8546695609877094670

Tabletop Exercise (TTX) includes a group discussion led by a facilitator, using a narrated, clinically-relevant emergency scenario, and a set of problem statements, directed messages, or prepared questions designed to challenge an emergency plan.