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Emergency Preparedness Committee

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Emergency Preparedness Committee Membership

  • Natalie Lane, MD; Chair, Augusta
  • Vicky Anderson, Atlanta
  • Chamaine Bjornson, Columbus
  • Mallory Garrett, GHA
  • David Greenky, MD, Emory
  • Jimmy Gordon, Savannah
  • Kristiana Herndon, Atlanta
  • Alex Isakov, MD, Southern Regional Disaster
  • Lisa Koons, Savannah
  • Lindsey Martinez, Columbus
  • Kris Mattson, Atlanta
  • Lynne Meadows, Fulton County Schools
  • Barbara Menchan, MD, Community Member
  • Lillie Montgomery, Macon
  • Terry Parish, Columbus
  • Stephen Ramsey, Macon
  • Rebecca Reamy, MD, Columbus
  • Sam Sindelar, DPH
  • Brent Smith, Columbus
  • Diana Sutton, Macon
  • Diana Toney, Atlanta
  • Christopher Watson, Augusta
  • Joseph Webber, Augusta

Emergency Preparedness Goals
Goals
Maintain communication among member hospitals on issues in health and welfare of Georgia’s children as it relates to large scale illness and mitigation and preparation for disaster.
  • Continue to leverage the use of Everbridge as a potential mode of communication among each PHIC EP committee member during a disaster.
    • Testing at least quarterly
    • Use call down drill to test downtime process
  • Identify a pediatric champion at the level of each of the 15 Healthcare Coalitions in Georgia.
    • Work with GHA, CHOA and Region G
    • Maintain list of contacts
  • Incorporate the use of GaHIN in any upcoming drills by working with the communication committee
    • Ensure that each member hospital incorporates in its annual drills
Continue to participate, develop, promote, and disseminate educational opportunities relevant to pediatric disaster preparedness using support from the pediatric regional coordinating hospital and allocated funding and resources.
  • Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta: Tracking and reunification program for children and families
  • Table- top exercises
  • To disseminate and help develop offerings regarding pediatric disaster preparedness
    • Use PHIC Listserv as a platform for dissemination
    • Upload links to relevant resources
    • Post minutes from monthly meetings
Continue to engage PHIC and its member hospitals in supporting the pediatric hospital designation process for the state of Georgia.
  • Participate as a stakeholder
Review of the current EMS-C pediatric readiness survey (2021) to identify areas of weakness in disaster preparedness
Secure representation from across the state to sit on the committee.
  • Ensure that members include representatives from the following organizations
    • Department of Public Health ( ex: OEMS/Trauma, )
    • Physician and nurse leadership from member hospitals
    • Expertise in emergency medicine, neonatology, critical care, emergency medical services, pediatrics welcomed
    • Emergency managers from each member hospital
    • Executive PHIC leaders
    • DOE
    • GHA
    • Other invested organizations
Engage and coordinate opportunities with Southeastern Regional Disaster and Response System
  • Projects include
    • Preparedness for neonatal units
Engage member hospitals to join with their regional health care coalitions to complete a pediatric HVA for their region
Continue to investigate opportunities for a centralized pediatric coordination center
Emergency Preparedness Committee Access