Drill of the Dead: Using Zombie Scenarios to Train Community Partners Adam Powers, BS Preparedness Training and Exercise Coordinator Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Brett Lloyd, BS, MEP, CHEC Owner and Senior Consultant Spartan Consulting Sue Hansen, BSN, RN Director Beaverhead County Public Health www.nwcphp.org/hot-topics Polling Question Imagine you work for a small rural health department with five employees. You are planning a mass dispensing exercise in three months and want to engage the community. What are the biggest challenges you think you ll encounter? Type your response into the chat box. 1
Drill of the Dead Design Adam Powers, BS Preparedness Training and Exercise Coordinator Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Background Information Beaverhead County Population: 9,200 people, eight communities Size: 5,500 square miles College, Hospital, HazMat Team, Public Health Department is a staff of three 2
Building Block Approach to Exercises Request Support From Region and State Resources Engage New Hospital Facility Tabletop Emergency Operations Center Spring 2012 Small Scale Point of Dispensing Exercise Summer 2012 Large Community Mass Dispensing Exercise Fall 2012 Why Zombie Virus? Need to stress system, need for more bodies Halloween timeframe Success of CDC Zombie Preparedness campaign Novel outbreak 3
Exercise Development Community emergency operations center activation and coordination Joint public information Public health mass dispensing Public health point of dispensing operations Healthcare shelter in place Healthcare and fire mass decontamination Polling Question Have you ever tried to sell an unconventional idea to leadership? If yes, describe in the chat box. 4
Marketing Stakeholder visits and buy in Press Posters Moulage demonstrations Briefings Website Humans vs. Zombies tag Exercise Design Tools Background Information for Staff Fact sheet Zombies in real life Zombie bites triage tags Just In Time training 5
Just In Time Training Treat -ments Zombivir (Kisses) Gummivir (Gummy Brains) Life Savers (Sugar Free) Exercise Design Tools: Worksheets Fun Worksheets Screening form Co-worker dispatch form Zombie disease preparedness brochure 6
Exercise Design Tools: Worksheets Necessary Worksheets Local to state request for strategic national stockpile Evaluation forms Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation program Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Technical Assistance Review Situational manual, exercise plan, after action report/improvement plan, communications plan, medical plan Conducting Drill of the Dead By Brett Loco Lloyd President Spartan Consulting 7
Venues Exercise Set Up Moulage Western Montana College Beaverhead County High School Dillon Middle School 8
Venues Exercise Play Barrett Hospital & HealthCare Field Decontamination 9
Venues Exercise Play Emergency Operations Center Security Debrief Screening Venues POD Site Education Triage Mental Health Dispensing Registration 10
Participants 125 Responders 4 Controllers 8 Facilitators 14 Observers 437 Victim Players (2 Locations) Participants COUNTY Public Health, Sheriff s Office, Disaster and Emergency Services, Emergency Management Services, Search and Rescue, Commission CITY Cities, Police Departments, Fire Departments, HazMat Team, Hospitals, Schools STATE Department of Public Health and Human Services, Governor s Office of Community Service, Disaster and Emergency Services, Montana Youth Challenge, University of Montana Western NATIONAL Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Red Cross, National Guard, HOSA Future Health Professionals OTHER Multi-County Public Health Emergency Plan collaborative 11
Drill of the Dead Lessons Learned By Sue the Huntsman Hansen Beaverhead County Health Director Public Health Implications Community Engagement Ask and they will come Have a role Point of Dispensing Operations 12
Public Health Implications Just In Time Training Be on time Have a handout Delegate Sustainability Can cover 1st shift Need qualified staff to lead second shift Run out of volunteers quick Conducting Emergency Operations Developing an Incident Action Plan Game plan Communications Resolve resource shortages early 13
Conducting Emergency Operations Role of the Incident Commander Coordination Pull in trained general staff (plans, logistics) If you don t know, ask Application to 2013 Rainbow Family Gathering Mass Care Impact to medical facilities Maintaining sanitation Security Personal Accountability of staff Incident Command Incident action plan Coordinating meetings 14
Questions Adam Powers, BS Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services apowers@mt.gov 406-444-3045 Brett Lloyd, BS, MEP, CHEC Spartan Consulting brett@spartanmt.com 406-431-9386 Sue Hansen, BSN, RN Beaverhead County Public Health shansen@beaverheadcounty.org 406-683-3179 15