Active Assailant and Hostile Events - Considerations for Healthcare Facilities Developing Plans and Exercises

As the prevalence of violence in the healthcare setting increases, many healthcare organizations have endeavored to improve their resilience by updating their active assailant and hostile event response plans and performing exercises. Planning and exercising are hallmarks of effective emergency management programs as they allow staff to experience a disaster before it occurs for real. However, there are some challenges that healthcare organizations must take into consideration when undertaking active assailant / hostile event planning, training, and exercising that are somewhat unique from other hazards we may have addressed in the past.

This session will provide with baseline data on active assailant and hostile events and discuss some of the origins of violence in the healthcare space. We will discuss hazard assessment and emergency operations planning as it related to healthcare workplace violence; examine the various training opportunities currently available and discuss the importance of an exercise design process that is realistic, comprehensive, and safe.

Learning Objectives
Understand the trends in healthcare workplace violence of various types.
Evaluate the causative factors often present in acts of violence and hostile events occurring in the healthcare environment.
Identify some of the training programs and resources available and their applicability to the healthcare workplace.
Explore the connection between hazard specific active assailant response plans and the organizations all-hazard emergency operations plan.
Discuss the design process to include best practice considerations for active assailant and hostile event exercises with a focus on safety.

Additional Benefits

Attendees will also receive Free Emergency Management resources and discounts including:
Emergency Preparedness Newsletter
Demo and or video for the mobile, web-based Portable Response Emergency Plan (PREP)
A discount on annual PREP subscription
A list of available Emergency Management education topics available through HAPevolve

Speaker:
Chris Chamberlain, MS, RN, CHEP
Vice President Emergency Managment
The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of PA

October 19, 2023 12 noon to 1 p.m.
This webinar is free but registration is required; please register using the form below. A Zoom link will be provided in your confirmation email.

Registration Deadline: October 16