Summary: This section contains information New Mexico hospitals will find useful in their medical surge capability development activities. Additional resources will be added as available.
The NMDOH recommended guidance for local communities to use when developing response plans to address overwhelming medical surge.
Current New Mexico requirements in place that include Disaster and Emergency Management Standards for all New Mexico state-licensed hospitals.
A document that lists and describes the elements in detail.
A worksheet or evaluation tool for use to assure compliance.
The FEMA website with links to IS classes and valuable information regarding the National Incident Management System (NIMS)
Description of a management system for integrating medical and health resources during large-scale emergencies.
A “cross-walk” of all hospital emergency preparedness mandates and requirements available from multiple sources (State and Federal) and current as of summer of 2006. Goal was to illustrate and describe a “prepared hospital” in New Mexico. Compiled for NMDOH by Shaening and Associates.
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Vision of Preparedness - Hospital Emergency Management: Detailed Requirements
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Vision of Preparedness - Hospital Emergency Management: Details on Six Goals
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Vision of Preparedness - Hospital Emergency Management: Summary of Goals and
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A comparison of the 2002 and 2005 NMDOH hospital assessments performed through collaboration with the New Mexico Hospital Association. Report written by Shaening and Associates.
A quick reference to the hospitals of New Mexico detailing EMS preparedness regions, public health regions, etc. A great resource. Current as of 16 April 2008.
Details goals, objectives and activities of NMDOH BHEM heath system preparedness program’s current activities toward building medical surge capabilities in New Mexico.
Guidance includes list of recommended equipment for hospitals to stockpile. The ASPR “one-time” funding during FFY 2007 for states to address critical medical equipment stockpiling, maintenance and distribution for responding to pandemic influenza.
The purposes of the Public Health Emergency Response Act are to: 1) provide the state of New Mexico with the ability to manage public health emergencies in a manner that protects civil rights and the liberties of individual persons; 2) prepare for a public health emergency; and 3) provide access to appropriate care, if needed, for an indefinite number of infected, exposed or endangered people in the event of a public health emergency.
The primary purpose of the HAvBED study was to develop, implement and evaluate a real-time electronic hospital bed tracking/monitoring system that will serve as a management tool to assist in the ability to receive and care for a surge of patients in the event of a mass casualty incident. HAvBED is now the emergent bed-status reporting guidance mandated by the DHHS.
