This week is Emergency Preparedness Week! This year’s theme is “Be Prepared. Know your Risks”. The intent of the theme is to encourage us all to understand the risks in our area and learn what actions we can take to protect ourselves, our families, and our community.
Emergency Preparedness at TBRHSC
Here at TBRHSC we recognize the importance of running regular emergency preparedness drills and exercises to help us test and validate our response plans, policies, procedures, and capabilities. They also help us identify strengths, areas for improvement, and potential best practices.
Every year Interprofessional Education and Emergency Preparedness run dozens of drills and exercises; most recent being last week’s Code White drill.
Thank you to everyone who takes the time to engage in these learning opportunities throughout the year! Whether as direct participants or as planners, observers, and evaluators, your contributions matter.
Check out the tentative list of drills and exercises we hope to achieve with your support later this year:
- 8 Code Red & 1 Code Red to Code Green (Minimum Staffing)
- 3 Code Blue
- 2 Code NRP
- 2 Code Pink
- 1 Code White
- 1 Code Stroke
- 1 Code Orange – Stage 1
- 1 Code Brown
- 1 Lockdown
- 2 Fan Out
Note: the above list doesn’t include tabletop exercises or upcoming collaborations between TBRHSC and external stakeholders (e.g., City of Thunder Bay’s annual emergency management exercise).
Future goals include improving our ability to capture who has attended mock codes and exercises, as well as improving our methods of capturing participant feedback. We are also dedicated to enhancing and formalizing our debriefing processes.
How to request a drill?
For general inquiries, reach out to Mēsha Richard, Lead, Emergency Preparedness (Mesha.Richard@tbh.net) or contact Brittney McLaughlin (Brittney.McLaughlin@tbh.net Mock Code Blue), Holly Freill (Holly.Freill@tbh.net Mock Code White), or Jennifer Gadioma (Jennifer.Gadioma@tbh.net Mock Code Pink & NRP).