Discuss the implementation HICS in emergency healthcare

1. How difficult is it to operationalize HICS? What are some of the challenges associated with HICS implementation? What are some solutions to the identified challenges?

1. Who needs to be trained in HICS and why?
2. Should different staff receive different levels of training in HICS?

WEEK 2 – READINGS

Reilly, M., &Markenson, D. S. (2010). Health Care Emergency Management: Principles and Practice

• Chapter 2: Introduction to Hospital and Healthcare Emergency Management
• Chapter 9: Functional Roles of Hospital Workers in Disasters and Public Health Emergencies

Reilly, M., &Markenson, D. S. (2009). Education and training of hospital workers: Who are essential personnel during a disaster?Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 24(3), 239-245.

• education and training of hospital workers – who are essential personnel during a disaster.pdf

Jensen, J. and Waugh, W. L. (2014), The United States’ Experience with the Incident Command System: What We Think We Know and What We Need to Know More About. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 22: 5–17. doi: 10.1111/1468-5973.12034

The United States’ Experience.pdf

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