ASPR TRACIE–Developed Resources

Since ASPR TRACIE’s launch in 2015, our staff and Subject Matter Expert Cadre have developed resources to support healthcare system preparedness, public health preparedness, and disaster clinical professionals plan for, respond to, and recover from all hazards disasters and emergencies. This page provides a comprehensive list with hyperlinks to all ASPR TRACIE-developed materials.

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• Administrative/General
• Behind the Response: Experiences from the Field
• Completed Topic Collections
• Resources at Your Fingertips
• The Exchange
• The Express
• Tip Sheets and Fact Sheets
• Tools and Templates
• Webinars and Videos
• Website Tutorials

Administrative/General

• ASPR TRACIE Fact Sheet
• ASPR TRACIE Summary of TA Requests
• CMS EP Rule
• Disaster Healthcare Resources Available in Spanish
• Select ASPR Preparedness Summit Presentations

Resource Pages

• CBRN
• CMS EP Rule
• Disaster Behavioral Health
• Drug Shortages and Scarce Resources
• EMS
• Healthcare Coalitions
• Healthcare System Partners and Medical Surge
• Hurricanes
• Infectious Diseases
• Mass Violence

Behind the Response: Experiences from the Field

• Evacuating, Treating, and Tracking People on Dialysis
• Evacuating a Region: How a Healthcare Coalition Helped Evacuate 1504 Patients from 45 Facilities after Hurricane Harvey
• Going with No Flow: Coping with Hospital Water Supply Issues
• Healing After a Traumatic Incident: A Responder's Perspective
• Hospice and Emergency Preparedness: Experiences from the Field
• Jacksonville Shooting: Fire Department Response to the Incident
• Lessons Learned from the Pulse Nightclub Shooting: An Interview with Staff from Orlando Regional Medical Center
• The Last Stand: Evacuating a Hospital in the Middle of a Wildfire
• When Hospitals Become Islands: One Facility's Evacuation Story

Completed Topic Collections

• Access and Functional Needs
• Alternate Care Sites (including shelter medical care)
• Ambulatory Care and Federally Qualified Health Centers
• Bioterrorism and High Consequence Biological Threats
• Blood and Blood Products
• Burns
• Chemical Hazards
• Coalition Administrative Issues
• Coalition Models and Functions
• Coalition Response Operations
• Communication Systems
• Continuity of Operations (COOP)/Business Continuity Planning
• Crisis Standards of Care
• Cybersecurity
• Dialysis Centers
• Disaster Ethics
• Disaster Veterinary Issues
• Electronic Health Records
• Emergency Operations Plans/Emergency Management Program
• Emergency Public Information and Warning/Risk Communications
• Epidemic/ Pandemic Flu
• Exercise Program
• Explosives and Mass Shooting
• Family Reunification and Support
• Fatality Management
• Hazard Vulnerability/Risk Assessment
• Healthcare Facility Evacuation/Sheltering
• Healthcare-Related Disaster Legal/ Regulatory/ Federal Policy
• Homecare and Hospice
• Hospital Surge Capacity and Immediate Bed Availability
• Hospital Patient Decontamination
• Incident Management
• Information Sharing
• Long-Term Care Facilities
• Mass Distribution and Dispensing of Medical Countermeasures
• Mass Gatherings/Special Events
• Mental/Behavioral Health (non-responders)
• Natural Disasters
• On-Scene Mass Casualty Triage and Trauma Care
• Patient Movement and Tracking
• Pediatric
• Pharmacy
• Pre-Hospital
• Pre-Hospital Patient Decontamination
• Radiological and Nuclear
• Recovery Planning
• Responder Safety and Health
• Rural Disaster Health
• SARS/MERS
• Social Media in Emergency Response
• Training and Workforce Development
• Utility Failures
• VHF/Ebola
• Virtual Medical Care
• Volunteer Management
• Workplace Violence
• Zika

Resources at Your Fingertips

• Zika: Resources at Your Fingertips
• Hurricane Resources at Your Fingertips
• CMS and Disasters: Resources at Your Fingertips
• Disaster Behavioral Health: Resources at Your Fingertips
• Avian Influenza (Including Asian H7N9): Resources at Your Fingertips

The Exchange

• Issue 1: Crisis Standards of Care
• Issue 2: Cybersecurity and Cyber Hygiene
• Issue 3: Preparing For and Responding to No-Notice Events
• Issue 4: Disaster Behavioral Health and Resilience
• Issue 5: Looking Back, Looking Forward
• Issue 6: Evacuating Healthcare Facilities
• Issue 7: Providing Healthcare During No-Notice Incidents
• Issue 8: Supporting Hospital Surge—Meeting Patient and Staff Needs

The Express

2019

• July 2019
• June 2019
• April 2019
• The Exchange: Issue 8
• February 2019

2018

• February 2018
• February 2018 (Issue 2)
• April 2018
• June 2018
• The Exchange: Issue 7
• July 2018
• August 2018
• October 2018
• December 2018

2017

• January 2017
• February 2017
• April 2017
• June 2017
• June 2017 (Issue 2)
• August 2017
• October 2017
• November 2017

2016

• June 2016
• July 2016
• August/September 2016
• First Anniversary Issue
• November 2016

Tip Sheets and Fact Sheets

• After the Flood: Mold-Specific Resources
• ASPR TRACIE Evaluation of Hazard Vulnerability Assessment Tools
• Blood and Disasters: Frequently Asked Questions
• Considerations for Oxygen Therapy in Disasters
• Considerations for the Use of Temporary Care Locations for Managing Seasonal Patient Surge
• EMS Infectious Disease Playbook
• Controlled Substances & Emergency Response Fact Sheet: Frequently Asked Questions
• Drug Shortages and Disasters
• Durable Medical Equipment in Disasters
• Federal Recovery Programs for Healthcare Organizations
• Healthcare Coalition Fiscal Models
• Healthcare System Recovery Timeline: A White Paper for Texas
• Major Earthquakes & Cascading Events: Potential Health and Medical Implications
• Major Hurricanes: Potential Public Health and Medical Implications
• Major Radiological or Nuclear Incidents: Potential Health and Medical Implications
• Mass Burn Event Overview
• Mass Casualty Trauma Triage: Paradigms and Pitfalls
• Opioids: Frequently Asked Questions
• Post-Disaster Lessons Learned: Dialysis Patient Management
• Provider and Supplier Types Covered by the CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule
• SOFA Score: What it is and How to Use it in Triage
• Solar Eclipses: Planning Resources
• Step Care for Ebola/Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Patients: Guidance for International Field Hospitals
• Tips for Healthcare Facilities: Assisting Families and Loved Ones after a Mass Casualty Incident
• Tips for Healthcare Facilities: Assisting Families and Loved Ones after a Mass Casualty Incident (Summary)
• Tips for Retaining and Caring for Staff after a Disaster
• Zika Virus Planning Considerations for Healthcare Facilities and Coalitions

Emergency Prescription Assistance Program

• Emergency Prescription Assistance Program (EPAP): Overview Fact Sheet
• Emergency Prescription Assistance Program (EPAP): Hurricane Gustav Data Fact Sheet
• Emergency Prescription Assistance Program (EPAP): Hurricane Ike Data Fact Sheet
• Emergency Prescription Assistance Program (EPAP): Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Puerto Rico Data Fact Sheet
• Emergency Prescription Assistance Program (EPAP): Hurricanes Irma and Maria, USVI Data Factsheet
• Emergency Prescription Assistance Program (EPAP) Louisiana Floods Data Fact Sheet
• Emergency Prescription Assistance Program (EPAP): Superstorm Sandy Data Fact Sheet

Federal Patient Movement

• Federal Patient Movement: NDMS Definitive Care Program Fact Sheet
• Federal Patient Movement: Overview Fact Sheet
• Federal Patient Movement Service Access Team Fact Sheet
• Noble Lifesaver Patient Movement Workshop: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned
• Patient Tracking/ Joint Patient Assessment & Tracking System (JPATS)

Legal Resources

• 1135 Waiver Information
• EMTALA and Disasters
• HIPAA and Disasters: What Emergency Professionals Need to Know

Medical Surge and the Role of Healthcare Providers

• Engaging Healthcare Partners in the Disaster Healthcare Delivery System
• Medical Surge and the Role of Accountable Care Organizations
• Medical Surge and the Role of Accountable Care Organizations (Summary)
• Engagement of ACOs in Medical Surge Activities (FAQ)
• Medical Surge and the Role of Health Clinics
• Medical Surge and the Role of Health Clinics (Questions and Answers for Clinics and Stakeholders)
• Medical Surge and the Role of Health Clinics (Summary)
• Medical Surge and the Role of Home Health and Hospice Agencies (Full Report)
• Medical Surge and the Role of Home Health and Hospice Agencies (Summary)
• Engagement of Home Health and Hospice Agencies in Medical Surge Activities
• Medical Surge and the Role of Practice-Based Primary Care Providers
• Medical Surge and the Role of Urgent Care Centers
• Medical Surge and the Role of Urgent Care Centers (Questions and Answers for Urgent Care Centers and Stakeholders)
• Medical Surge and the Role of Urgent Care Centers (Summary)

No-Notice Incidents

• Mass Shooting/ No-Notice Incident After-Action Interview Guide: Medical Resource Requirements
• No-Notice Incidents: Community Response and Media Management
• No-Notice Incidents: Emergency Medical Systems Considerations
• No-Notice Incidents: Expanding Traditional Roles
• No-Notice Incidents: Family Assistance
• No-Notice Incidents: Fatality Management
• No-Notice Incidents: Hospital Triage, Intake, and Throughput
• No-Notice Incidents: Non-Trauma Hospital Considerations
• No-Notice Incidents: Trauma Surgery Adaptations and Lessons
• No-Notice Incidents: Trauma System Considerations
• Post-Mass Shooting Programs and Resources Overview

Tools and Templates

• EMS Infectious Disease Playbook
• Healthcare Coalition Pandemic Checklist
• Healthcare Coalition Pediatric Surge Annex Template
• Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Plan
• Healthcare Coalition Recovery Plan Template
• Healthcare Coalition Resource and Gap Analysis Aggregator
• Healthcare Coalition Resource and Gap Analysis Tool
• Healthcare Coalition Response Plan
• Healthcare Coalition Surge Estimator Tool: Aggregator
• Healthcare Coalition Surge Estimator Tool: Hospital Data Collection Form
• Health Care Coalition Surge Test Tool
• Hospital Personal Protective Equipment Planning Tool
• Hospital Pharmacy Disaster Calculator
• Mass Shooting/ No-Notice Incident After-Action Interview Guide: Medical Resource Requirements

Webinars and Videos

Click here to access all ASPR TRACIE webinars and videos. 

• ASPR Healthcare and Public Health Risk Identification and Site Criticality (RISC) Toolkit Webinar
• ASPR TRACIE Celebrates Two Years of Service
• ASPR TRACIE: A Year in Review
• ASPR TRACIE: User Comments
• Clinicians and Coalitions: A Conversation about Finding Solutions for Medication Shortages
• Cybersecurity and Healthcare Facilities
• EMS & Infectious Diseases: Challenges & Resources for Provider Protection
• Growing and Sustaining: A Discussion About Healthcare Coalition Financial Models
• Health and Social Services Recovery Lessons Learned from the 2016 Louisiana Flooding
• Healthcare Challenges After Radiological Incidents
• Healthcare Coalition Involvement in Mass Gatherings
• Healthcare Response to a No-Notice Incident: Las Vegas
• Healthcare System Readiness for Highly Pathogenic Infectious Diseases
• Highly Pathogenic Infectious Disease Exercise Planning for Health Care Coalitions
• Highly Pathogenic Infectious Disease Exercise Planning for Frontline Facilities
• Highly Pathogenic Infectious Disease Exercise Planning for Regional Transport Webinar
• Highly Pathogenic Infectious Disease Exercise Planning Tools
• Hospital-Based Incident Command Systems: Real Experiences and Practical Applications
• Hospital-Based Incident Command Systems: Small and Rural Hospitals
• HPP Coalition Surge Test Webinar
• Learning More About the 2017-2022 Health Care Preparedness and Response Capabilities
• Lessons Learned in Developing an Effective Regional Ebola CONOPS
• Lessons Learned on Crisis Standards of Care in Kenema
• New Resources to Help Improve Health Care Coalition Preparedness
• Pediatric Issues in Disasters: Webinar
• Strategic Development for Building Operational Healthcare Coalitions

Website Tutorials

• ASPR TRACIE Assistance Center
• ASPR TRACIE Rating, Commenting On, and Saving Resources
• ASPR TRACIE Technical Resources
• ASPR TRACIE User Experience and Dashboard
• Tips for Navigating the Information Exchange