Capability #5: Fatality Management

Capability #5: Fatality Management

Jurisdiction/Organization: / Name of Exercise:
Location: / Date:
Activation of Fatality Management Needs
Did the group discuss who would be the lead authority for fatality management? / Fully Partially Not N/A / Comments:
Did the group discuss how they would assist the fatality management advisory lead? / Fully Partially Not N/A / Comments:
Were subject matter experts (SMEs) engaged prior to incident/exercise? Such as medical and legal authorities / Fully Partially Not N/A / Comments:
What resources or personal protection equipment (PPE) is needed to respond? / Fully Partially Not N/A / Comments:
Collection and Dissemination of Antemortem Data
What is the procedure for the collection of antemortem data? / Fully Partially Not N/A / Comments:
What is the family notification procedure and protocol? / Fully Partially Not N/A / Comments:
Is there an electronic death reporting system? If so, who is responsible for entering this data? What information needs to be included in this report? / Fully Partially Not N/A / Comments:
Did the group discuss how mortality reporting and information be shared with community partners? / Fully Partially Not N/A / Comments:
Mental / Behavioral Health Services
What resources / services are available for staff and responders? / Fully Partially Not N/A / Comments:
What resources / services are available for the family members of the deceased and incident survivors? / Fully Partially Not N/A / Comments:
How will the group handle a surge of concerned friends, family and community members? / Fully Partially Not N/A / Comments:
Fatality Processing and Storage Operations
Did the group discuss recommendations for handling the human remains? Such as decontamination, infection control, storing, disposing? / Fully Partially Not N/A / Comments:
Major Strengths:
List (in complete sentences) at least 3 major strengths identified during the exercise.
Major Areas of Improvement:
List (in complete sentences) at least 3 major areas of improvement identified during the exercise.
Evaluated By: / Name: / Organization:
Phone: / Email:
Function Alignment for Capability #5
Looking at outcomes and goals in terms of the functions assigned to HPP and PHEP can assist in identifying and eliminating misalignments, misunderstandings and performance issues. Alignment of similar functions assigned to PHEP and HPP further promotes coordination in effort and evaluation across disciplines. This chart compares the functional alignment of the capability.
Public Health Preparedness (PHEP) / Hospital Preparedness (HPP)
Function 1: Determine role for public health in fatality management / Unique function to PHEP
Function 2: Activate public health fatality management operations / Function 1: Coordinate surge of deaths, and human remains at healthcare organizations with community fatality management operations
Function 3: Assist in the collection and dissemination of antemortem data / Function 2: Coordinate surges of concerned citizens with community agencies responsible for family assistance
Function 4: Participate in survivor mental/behavioral health services / Function 3: Mental/behavioral support at the healthcare organization level
Function 5: Participate in fatality processing and storage operations / Unique function to PHEP

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