The HICS Fundamentals addresses the substance of the Hospital Incident Command System and reviews the key elements of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Incident Command System 100, 200, and 700 courses in a healthcare context. The HICS Fundamentals course uses an engaging approach to training of dry content.
Certification of Completion provided for each student at the end of the course.
Audience
All hospital personnel with a role during an emergency.
Outcomes for Organization
A hospital staff with the basic knowledge of emergency management and how to manage an emergency using the standard organization structure and nomenclature. Students who attend the course are usually able to successfully take the online examinations for the FEMA ICS 100, 200, and 700 courses and receive a certificate.
Outcomes for Students
Allows student to use HICS to respond safely and effectively to 'all-hazards.'
Regulatory and Compliance Requirements
This course helps meet the requirements for Joint Commission Emergency Management Standards, Department of Homeland Security preparedness grants and Health and Human Services preparedness grants.
Learning Objectives
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Recognize the need for hospital planning for emergency situations and the value of a standard format
- Identify the structure of the Hospital Incident Command System and its relationship with the National Incident Management System
- Demonstrate key functions of critical staff teams in emergencies
Topics Covered
- Why we prepare for disasters
- Types of things for which we prepare
- Risk - as in a Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA)
- The phases of a comprehensive Emergency Management (EM) program
- Mitigation
- Preparedness
- Response
- Recovery
- Regulatory and Compliance Context
- Joint Commission
- NIMS
- Brief history of ICS
- What is ICS?
- Why Hospitals should use HICS?
- How a hospital refines HICS to their facility
- HICS is not your plan, but is in your plan
- Tools of the Trade
- Org chart
- JAS
- Forms
- Processes
- Activation of HICS
- Who activates who?
- When to activate each position?
- The Five Functions
- Command
- Operations
- Logistics
- Planning
- Finance
- Overview of what we are using it to
- Look ahead to the Incident Action Plan (IAP)
- Manage resources
- Communicate better
- A series of short exercises is included.
Continuing Education Credits
This training course is designed to be eligible for continuing education credits. We work with the sponsoring organizations to facilitate the granting of continuing education units with appropriate state accrediting bodies.
Support Materials
Each student receives a binder containing printed version of training slides and other support materials.
