In ‘Actioning the 15 PHEP Capabilities’ I review the 15 Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Capabilities and provide actionable advice organizations can follow. There is a lot of good information in this document. The key is for readers and those responsible for knowing these capabilities to turn them into actionable steps. This is where this episode comes into play.
I provide a high level overview, examples of how I’ve seen preparedness work and not work in the areas of the PHEP Capabilities.
The 15 Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Capabilities
- Community Preparedness
- Community Recovery
- Emergency Operations Coordination
- Emergency Public Information and Warning
- Fatality Management
- Information Sharing
- Mass Care
- Medical Countermeasure Dispensing and Administration
- Medical Material Management and Distribution
- Medical Surge
- Nonpharmaceutical Interventions
- Public Health Laboratory Testing
- Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation
- Responder Safety and Health
- Volunteer Management
Resources & References
- 2018 PHEP capabilities on the CDC website at https://www.cdc.gov/cpr/readiness/00_docs/CDC_PreparednesResponseCapabilities_October2018_Final_508.pdf
- Planning and response resources from this website at https://kevtalkspod.com/planning-templates/