1. Why Hold an Exercise? Chempack: Region D Exercise Partnerships and Best Practices Charlotte S. Clark, CHSP, CHEC-III Manager, Emergency Management Emergency Medical Services Division Grady Health System

2. Overview May 20 th , 2009 Full-scale Region D Exercise Test the Chempack system

4. Regional Coordinating Hospitals Grady is the RCH for Region “D” Georgia’s 15 Regional Coordinating Hospitals

5. Can EMS provide needed patient Transfers? Will Patients Be Transferred To Another Facility Activate the Mutual Aid Compact? Manage the Emergency Internally Contact Your Regional Coordinating Hospital Grady 404-319-6516 (S/L 28*719) S/L 28*553 Activate Hospital Emergency Management Plan Contact EMS Providers Are Hospital Resources from Another Region Needed Coordinate Hospital Resources within the Region Transfer Patients by EMS Your RCH will Contact Other Regional Coordinating Hositals For Assistance Contact Public Health Emergency Coordinator District via Southern Linc Radio Contact GHA 770-249-4500 S.L.28*649 Send out Emergency Disaster Alerts No No Coordinate witih EMA and Others to Obtain Needed Resources Contact County EMA Contact District Public Health Mutual Aid Activation Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Resume Normal Operations Disaster

11. Participating (continued) Kindred Hospital Atlanta North Fulton Northside Hospital Piedmont Fayette Piedmont Ridgeview Institute Rockdale Medical Center Saint Joseph’s Hospital Shepherd Center South Fulton Medical Center Southside Medical Center Talbott Recovery Campus Wesley Woods Center

17. The Participants of the Exercise 78% Participation