Initial Response

  • What is the scope of the incident and the response?
  • How will it affect service delivery?
  • Where are the impacted communities?
  • What population is impacted?
  • What is the anticipated medical surge?
  • Determine communication means
  • Evaluate healthcare organization, staff and supplies
  • Healthcare facility status
  • Consider healthcare facility incident command status
  • Determine health department status
  • Identify who need to know
  • Identify resources to be deployed
  • Consider healthcare facility decompression initiatives
May
18
When: Tuesday, May 18, 2021 - Thursday, May 20, 2021, (All day)
Where:

Iowa’s Governor’s Conference on Substance Abuse is taking place next week from May 18th through the 20th. You can view the agenda for the conference here: Agenda - Iowa's Annual Governor's Conference on Substance Abuse (iastate.edu)