Author: Denise Barrett

Education Program
Education Program

2013 HASC Hospital
Security & Safety Conference:
Active Shooter Drill & Education Program

When:
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Registration: 7 am Program: 8 am - 5 pm
Where:
LAC + USC Medical Center
1200 N. State Street
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(Old campus) Contact:
Jamila Mayers (213) 538-0700 jmayers@hasc.org
Sponsored by:
Hospital Association of Southern California’s Safety and Security
Committee
This course was developed in collaboration with the California Hospital Association Hospital Preparedness Program utilizing information taught in its Planning and Training for an Active Shooter Event.

Be Prepared for the Unexpected
The consequences of an active shooter in your hospital would be devastating. At this conference, you’ll experience an active shooter drill and hear best practices from people who know about the dangers of being unprepared for such an event. Collaborate with law enforcement and risk analysis experts to develop a local plan and effective policies focused on survival and recovery. We invite you to send a team. Don’t miss the chance to learn how to get your organization through the unthinkable.
Course Objectives
Plan and conduct a multi-disciplinary, hospital-specific active shooter drill to address hospital and community concerns including those of administration, nursing, human resources, risk management, security, compliance and emergency department personnel.
Lead the development of hospital active shooter event policies and procedures.
Promote hospital-wide awareness.
Learn to coach hospital employees on prevention, readiness and appropriate response.
Identify resources needed after an active shooter event to support recovery to include employee trauma counseling.
Understand Unified Command and the need to develop close relationships with outside partners.
Learn who will assist first responders such as local police, sheriffs, fire department and FBI when they arrive.
Develop a response kit for first responders.
Who Should Attend?
Hospital and community stakeholders including security, emergency room and nursing staff, human resources, risk managers, social workers, and administrative personnel with an interest in minimizing the effects of workplace violence or an active shooter event.

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Faculty

Lisa Angell, RN, BSN, Prehospital Care Coordinator, Pediatric Liaison Nurse and Staff Nurse IV, Watsonville Community Hospital; and Hospital Preparedness Coordinator, California Hospital Association, has been a registered nurse for 32 years and has spent most of her professional career in the ER. In 1989, she was planning a disaster drill at Watsonville Community Hospital when the 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake occurred. She is an instructor for CHA’s HICS trainings and attends the Mass Care and Shelter workgroup on behalf of Santa Cruz County.
Cesar A. Aristeiguieta, MD, FACEP, is a Board Certified Emergency Physician and Director of EMS and Disaster Preparedness for Emergent Medical Associates. He also serves as associate director of the Emergency Department at Centinela Hospital and Medical Center in Inglewood, California, as well as the co-director of the urgent care centers at the Martin Luther King Multi-Disciplined Care Center, and the Hubert H. Humphrey Comprehensive Health Center in Los Angeles. He is also the former Director of the California Emergency Medical Services Authority Director of the California Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA).
Al Davis supervises the Field Services Division for the Ventura Police Department, where he has worked since 1982. A former SWAT team commander, he is an expert in high-risk situations and has experience managing the department's K9 Program, Patrol Task Force, Homeland Security Manager, Urban Area Security Initiative liaison, and more.
Daniel J. Holden, BBA, BS, MBA, CPP, CEM, has more than 22 years of security, emergency management, and fire life safety experience. Currently, he serves as the Director of Healthcare Services for the Southwest Region of AlliedBarton Security Services where he helps coordinate the development and implementation of security and emergency management programs. Daniel chairs the HASC Security and Safety committee and co-wrote the hospital emergency codes to be compliant with the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
Darren Morgan is a health care security professional with over 20 years of experience as a patrol officer, supervisor, manager and director. He has led safety and security departments at hospitals within large and small health care systems; the implementation of technology solutions; staff training and leadership development programs.
Mark W. Mooring, MPA, CPP, CHPA, founder of Proper Authorities, develops health care-specific safety programs including crime prevention, customer service, safety/security assessment, workplace violence prevention, harassment prevention, threat assessments and managing assaultive behavior. Mark is former Chief of Protective Services at Santa Clara County Valley Medical Center where he re-designed and implemented a comprehensive security program.
Merritt Schreiber, PhD, is Associate Clinical Professor and Director, Psychological Programs, the Center for Disaster Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine; mental health team lead for NDMS/DMAT CA-1; and State Disaster Mental Health Advisor for American Red Cross for Southern California. In addition to his many roles, Merritt has developed a number of mental health programs for use in mass casualty events like PsySTART Rapid Mental Health Triage and Incident Management System, the Psychological First Aid program, “Listen, protect and connect,” and the disaster responder resilience system, “Anticipate, Plan and Deter.”
George H. Schroeder, BSN, JD, Med, Director, Risk Management, Safety Officer, Cedars-Sinai Medical Network Services/ Medical Care Foundation, has 47 years’ experience in health care, with 43 years in risk management. He also has legal medical malpractice experience both for defense and plaintiff clients. A former Marine, he helped write the military’s medical recovery plan for use by FEMA in response to a projected 8.4 earthquake in Los Angeles. George holds degrees in nursing, education and law.
Larry Stock, MD is the Vice Chairman of the Emergency Department at Antelope Valley Hospital (AVH), a Level 2 Trauma Center. Along with his work as an attending physician in the Emergency Department at Harbor UCLA Medical Center and a clinical professor at the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Larry has been involved in International Emergency Medicine for 17 years. He has worked in conflict, disaster, and developing countries around the world, and currently serves as the Trauma Director for Community Partners International Global Health Access Program and the Global Medical Director of Access Aid International.
Caryn Thornburg, Emergency Preparedness and Hazardous Materials Coordinator, ValleyCare Health System, has over 24 years of experience with the Department of Defense, U.S. Army Medical Command and the Regional Training Site–Medical. She has spent more than 20 years working in field hospitals, flying Medivac missions, responding to natural disasters, and serving deployments during Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Caryn serves as an instructor for the Department of Homeland Security and for NIMS/SEMS, HICS, OSHA, and Hazardous Waste Operations.

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Agenda

Time	Activity	Location	Group Color
6 – 8 am	Shuttle transport	Parking Lot 10 / Hospital
7 – 8 am	Registration	Large Auditorium (GH 1642)
7 – 8 am	Continental Breakfast & Visit with Vendors	Large Auditorium (GH 1642)
8:15 – 9:45 am	Orientation and Safety Review / Daniel J. Holden, CPP, CEM / Mark Mooring, MPA, CPP, CHPA / Darren Morgan	Large Auditorium (GH 1642)
10 - 10:45 am	Clinical Drill	Emergency Room (GH 1350)	Green (active) / Yellow (observe)
10:45 – 11:30 am	Office Drill	2nd Floor Office (GH 2600)	Yellow (active) / Green (observe)
10 – 11:30 am	Classroom Instruction / Lisa Angell, RN / Caryn Thornburg	Small Auditorium (GH 1645)	Blue and Red
11:30 am – 12:30 pm	Lunch & Visit with Exhibitors	Large Auditorium (GH 1642)
12:30 pm	Reconvene for afternoon assignments	Large Auditorium (GH 1642)
12:45 – 1:30 pm	Clinical Drill	Emergency Room (GH 1350)	Blue (active) / Red (observe)
1:30 – 2:15 pm	Office Drill	2nd Floor Office (GH 2600)	Red (active) / Blue (observe)
12:45 – 2:15 pm	Classroom Instruction / Lisa Angell, RN / Caryn Thornburg	Small Auditorium (GH 1645)	Yellow and Green
2:30 – 3 pm	PsySTART Rapid Mental Health Triage and Incident Management System / Merritt Schreiber, PhD	Large Auditorium (GH 1642)
3 – 4:30 pm	Panel Discussion / Cesar A. Aristeiguieta, MD / Al Davis / Mark Mooring, MPA, CPP, CHPA / George H. Schroeder / Larry Stock, MD / Caryn Thornburg	Large Auditorium (GH 1642)
4:30 – 4:45 pm	Wrap Up	Large Auditorium (GH 1642)