CHFM CHFM - Certified Healthcare Facility Manager Emergency Management Preparedness 2

Question 1

The four phases of emergency management that guide healthcare facility planning are:

Accepted Answer

Mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery

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Prevention, detection, containment, and eradication

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Alert, mobilize, execute, and demobilize

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Plan, train, exercise, and evaluate

Question 2

Under CMS emergency preparedness requirements for hospitals, how often must a full-scale exercise be conducted?

Accepted Answer

At least annually, with one exercise being a community-based exercise or an actual emergency

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Every six months

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Every two years, alternating between tabletop and full-scale

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Quarterly, with at least one full-scale exercise annually

Question 3

In the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS), who holds overall accountability for the hospital's response to an emergency?

Accepted Answer

Incident Commander

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Operations Section Chief

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Safety Officer

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Medical Staff Director

Question 4

A hospital's hazard vulnerability analysis (HVA) rates risks based on which three factors?

Accepted Answer

Probability, severity (human impact), and preparedness (risk)

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Location, cost, and frequency

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Population affected, response time, and legal liability

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Likelihood, mitigation history, and insurer rating

Question 5

During a mass casualty incident (MCI), a hospital activates its emergency operations plan and surges patient capacity. Which action is part of a 'surge capacity' strategy?

Accepted Answer

Discharging stable patients, canceling elective procedures, and opening alternate care spaces

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Immediately requesting mutual aid from other hospitals

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Activating a full community evacuation plan

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Reducing staffing ratios to serve more patients with fewer staff

Question 6

What does a continuity of operations plan (COOP) address that a basic emergency response plan does not?

Accepted Answer

Sustaining essential functions over an extended disruption lasting days to weeks

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The immediate life safety response in the first 30 minutes of an incident

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The annual exercise and drill schedule

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Compliance with CMS emergency preparedness conditions of participation