Citation

Browning SV, Clark RC, Glick RE. Home Healthc. Nurse 2013; 31(6): 303-309.

Affiliation

Sarah Via Browning, DNP, RN-BC, is the Director of Systems Operations and Support, Carilion Clinic Home Care, Carilion Clinic Hospice, Roanoke, Virginia. Rebecca Culver Clark, PhD, RN, is the Senior Director of Nursing Research and Evidence- Based Practice, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia. Roger E. Glick, MS, MBA, CEM, FACHE, is a Senior Emergency Management Consultant, Carilion Clinic, and Instructor at Departments of Basic Science and Pediatrics, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, Virginia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/NHH.0b013e318291ee9c

PMID

23635661

Abstract

Home care and hospice agencies, bound by regulations, prepare for emergencies and disasters by creating policies and protocols for management of emergency situations, perhaps conducting table top or other types of drills, and discussing hazards likely to impact home care. Is this preparation merely an exercise to meet a requirement, or is it life-saving preparation? For one home care agency, the emergency exercise saved the day as the scenario enacted in the drill was actually lived out a few weeks following the exercise-a scenario the agency leaders hoped they would never face. This account explores how the agency prepared to meet the emergent situation and details lessons learned in the aftermath.

Language: en