Disaster Preparedness at our Annual Meeting |
by Timothy Gieseke, MD, CMD Late last year, I wrote an article for the WAVE about my experience as a clinician during the Santa Rosa Apocalypse. That article caught the attention of a palliative care leader on the East Coast because of her experience with Hurricane Irma as an out of area concerned relative. We are now preparing a Webinar on this subject for the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (http://coalitionccc.org/) Regional disasters are becoming the new norm. CMS expects us to be prepared for the likely disasters in our communities. I am so pleased that Jocelyn Montgomery will be presenting on this topic at our annual meeting; she is an expert on this subject and a passionate teacher. As I have been preparing for my Webinar, I am impressed by how many issues should be addressed in a facility disaster plan. As a non-expert, this is a preliminary checklist I have developed for the CCCC webinar. Don’t wait until disaster strikes. Come to our annual meeting and hear from an expert. See you there, Tim Gieseke MD, CMD
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