I am in the process of writing a new book, Healthcare Emergency Incident Management Operations Guide. My goal in writing this book was to provide readers with a straight forward no nonsense reference guide on incident management. It may be used in training, exercises and real events. There should be equal value for the individual new to the Incident Command System as well as the experienced Incident Commander or Emergency Manager.

One of the features of the guide will be a library of Initial Incident Action Plans (IIAP) for the more likely events to occur which can directly and/or indirectly impact healthcare systems and operations. I am a strong proponent for taking time to war-game events in your Hazard Vulnerability Analysis and where it’s appropriate develop an IIAP that may be used to get that first operational period going. In my experience at most events you have one chance to get the response organized. Having an IAP already developed to refer to or use can be a huge advantage. It will save you time by having your objectives identified. It will save disruption to normal operations by ensuring you only commit those resources necessary to carry out your objectives. 

I’d like to ask my readers what events you would like to see included in my library of IIAPs for reference. I recommend that you consider those events which happen without warning or can evolve quickly into impacting your operations as ideal selections. Slow moving events allow you more time to stand-up your Command Center and develop an IAP in a more deliberate fashion.

Thank you in advance and I look forward to seeing what you come up with.