Last week partners from the Near and Far Southwest Healthcare Coalition regions participated in the first of its kind, Long Term Care Mutual Aid Plan Full Scale Exercise. There were over 30 different participants from Long Term Care Facilities, Local/Regional/State Health Departments, Local and Regional Emergency Management, Hospitals, and more. The Commonwealth of Virginia will ... Read more...
The NSPA Training Center is "springing" into action by bringing you a variety of in-person offerings. Each of these courses are open to our partners across the NSPA region. If you have any specific questions about these offerings or our Training Center please reach out to Monica McCullough, Training & Exercise Coordinator at mmccullough@vaems.org ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ... Read more...
We are excited to officially announce the return of an in-person Tabletop Exercise (TTX) on Thursday, May 19, 2022, at the Vinton War Memorial (814 E Washington Ave, Vinton, VA 24179) from 1 - 4:30 PM (EST). This facilitated experience will validate the NSPA Burn Emergency Surge Annex. Participants will receive valuable education on hazardous ... Read more...
This month in lieu of our regularly scheduled monthly coalition meeting, we hosted the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS). Individuals from their team presented on updates and changes to the emergency preparedness rule over the last two years as well as the new and improved process for submitting 1135 waiver requests. The recording and ... Read more...
Each year at the Coalition we are tasked with creating new and enhancing existing regional preparedness and response plans. Over the last few years we have updated the base to our Emergency Operations Plan, created an Infectious Disease Control Annex, Pediatric Annex, and enhanced our Continuity of Operations Plans (COOP). This year we will be ... Read more...
As the calendar year comes to an end we wanted to officially announce our next Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) courses within the region! This course is designed to present a strong foundation of principals to deliver emergency medical care for patients in a tactical environment for first responders. This course is open to the ... Read more...
As the fiscal year comes to an end, the newly re-opened Training Center is getting a few more preparedness courses in. The last two months, students from across the State attended the Certified Healthcare Emergency Coordinator courses. The program is broken down into two sections, Basic & Advanced. Where participants learn a variety of concepts, ... Read more...
It’s officially hurricane season. The Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1st and runs through November. The Regional Healthcare Coordination Center (RHCC) will be participating in the Statewide Hurricane Drill on Thursday, June 3rd at 9:00 am. If your organization would like to use this opportunity to exercise some of your plans/policies please feel free to ... Read more...
It's that time of year again, we are officially collecting nominations for the 2021 Excellence in Healthcare Emergency Management Awards. Every year we take a moment to recognize 4 different individuals and partners within the NSPA Community. Regionally we reach approximately 960,000 individuals, cover 7,600 square miles, 16 counties, 7 cities, 5 public health districts, ... Read more...
