Emergency Management at Children's Hospital Colorado

Emergency Management is a continuous process in which the four phases (mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery), of any response plan are dynamically reviewed, revised and tested.  Children's Colorado strives to develop thoughtful plans and recognizes even the best emergency management plans are never finished. Our goal is to develop a program that can effectively flex to meet the dynamic needs encountered during an event.

Helpful Tools

• Community Hazard Vulnerability Assessment (.xlsm)
• COOP - Operational Profile Template 2.0 (.pdf)
• COOP-Operational Profile Template 2.0 (.docx)
• Family Reunification Sample Policy (.pdf)
• After Action Report (AAR) Template (.docx)
• Quarter Report Sample (.docx) New!
• Redundant Communications Sample (.docx) New!

Family reunification

• American Academy of Pediatrics: Family Reunification Following Disasters: A Planning Tool for Health Care Facilities (.pdf)
• Viva Children in Emergencies Toolkit: Family Tracing and Reunification

Continuity of operations

• Health Services Los Angeles County: Departmental Business Continuity Planning Templates

Pediatrics and disasters

• American Academy of Pediatrics: Children & Disasters: Children and Youth with Special Needs
• American Academy of Pediatrics: Children’s Hospitals and Preparedness Webinar Series Archive
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Caring for Children in a Disaster Web Resources
• ChildCare Aware of America: Partnering with Families for Child Care Emergency Preparedness
• Children in Disasters and Emergencies: Health Information Guide
• Emergency Medical Services for Children: Innovation & Improvement Center
• Federal Emergency Management Agency: Children and Disasters Web Resources
• Plan International: Multi-Risk Assessment for Children in Disasters
• Pregnant Women in Disasters and Emergencies: Health Information Guide
• Save the Children: 10 Tips for Helping Children Cope with Disaster Article
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: Disaster Technical Assistance Center Supplemental Research Bulletin: Behavioral Health Conditions in Children and Youth Exposed to Natural Disasters (.pdf)
• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Extreme Heat Resources
• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stress Toolkit for Health Care Providers
• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Wildfire Resources
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers of Disease Control and Prevention: Coping After a Disaster Children’s Activity Book (.pdf)
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Emergency: Hurricane Response: Resources for Children with Special Health Care Needs Web Resources

Disaster preparedness

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Disaster Planning: Infant and Child Feeding Web Resources
• Department of Health and Human Services: A Decision Makers Guide: Medical Planning and Response for a Nuclear Detonation (.pdf)
• National Institutes of Health Disaster Health Information: Welcome to Packing Your Digital Go Bag: Essential Disaster Health Information on Your Mobile Device: Class Registration Link
• National Institutes of Health Disaster Information Management Research Center: Preparedness for Expectant and New Parents Article
• Ready.gov: Make a Household Emergency Plan
• Ready.gov: Ready Kids

Disaster response

• Medicaid.gov: Disaster Response Toolkit
• National Institutes of Health Disaster Information Management Research Center: Coping with Disasters: Health Information Guide Web Resources

For more information, call 720-777-8070.