ICS 100, 200, 300 and 400 Specific for Healthcare
- IS-100.HC - Introduction to the Incident Command System for Healthcare/Hospitals
- IS-200.HC - Applying ICS to Healthcare Organizations
- IS-300.HC - Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents for Healthcare/Hospitals
- IS-400.HC - Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff serving in Healthcare/Hospitals
IS-100.HC Introduction to the Incident Command System for Healthcare/Hospitals
Course Overview
ICS 100, Introduction to the Incident Command System for Healthcare/Hospitals, introduces the Incident Command System (ICS) as it applies to the healthcare/hospital environment and provides the foundation for higher level ICS training. This course describes the history, features and principles, and organizational structure of the Incident Command System. It also explains the relationship between ICS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
Primary Audience
ICS-100, Introduction to ICS (ICS-100.HC) should be completed by the hospital personnel that would have a direct role in emergency preparedness, incident management, and/or emergency response during an incident. Personnel designated to fulfill ICS roles (i.e. hospital emergency manager, hospital administration, department heads) should complete ICS-100, though additional participants may include the following hospital and healthcare systems staffs:
- Physicians
- Nursing
- Ancillary
- Materials/Resouce Management
- Security/Safety
- Laboratory
- Radiology
- Inter-facility Transport
NIMS Compliance
This course is NIMS compliant and meets the NIMS Baseline Training requirements for IS-100.
Prerequisites
N/A
CEUs: 0.2
Course Length: 2.5 hours
IS-200.HC - Applying ICS to Healthcare Organizations
Course Overview
Incident Command training is being developed and offered for a variety of disciplines, including Federal Disaster Workers, Public Works, Law Enforcement, Healthcare/Hospitals and Public Health. All of the ICS training offered through these courses is consistent. However, the various versions include examples and exercises specific to each of these disciplines.
ICS 200.HC is designed to enable healthcare/hospital personnel to operate efficiently during an incident or event within the Incident Command System (ICS). ICS-200 provides training on and resources for personnel who are likely to assume a supervisory position within the ICS.
Course Topics
The Training is comprised of the following lessons:- Unit 1: Course Overview
- Unit 2: ICS and the Emergency Management Program
- Unit 3: Functional Areas & Positions
- Unit 4: Leadership and Management
- Unit 5: ICS Management Processes
- Unit 6: Course Summary
Primary Audience
ICS-200.HC, Applying ICS to Healthcare Organizations, should be completed by personnel whose primary responsibility is emergency management, to include (at a minimum) middle management within a hospital or healthcare system. Middle management may refer to physicians, department managers, unit leaders, charge nurses, and any staff (i.e. hospital administration) that would have a role in an emergency operations center (hospital, local, or state).
Prerequisites
IS-100 is a pre-requisite to the IS-200 course.
CEUs: 0.3
Course Length: 3 hours
IS-300.HC - Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents for Healthcare/Hospitals
Course Overview
ICS 300, Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents for Healthcare/Hospitals. This approved FEMA program has been revised and developed specifically for healthcare facilities by TriCon Emergency Management Systems. It takes the ICS 300 components and applies them directly to healthcare in order to obtain a more in-depth understanding and application the focus and purpose of this program. It also explains the relationship of unified command, the planning process, resource management and demobilization.
Primary Audience
Persons serving as command staff, general staff (section chiefs), unit leaders, branch directors, and multi-agency coordination system/emergency operations center staff.
Course Topics
The training is comprised of the folowing lessions:- Unit 1: Course Overview
- Unit 2: ICS Fundamentals
- Unit 3: Unified Command
- Unit 4: Incident/Event Assessment & Agency Guidance in Establishing Incident Objectives
- Unit 5: Planning Process
- Unit 6: Incident Resource Management
- Unit 7: Demobilization, Transfer of Command, and Closeout
- Unit 8: Course Summary
Nims Compliance
This course is NIMS compliant and meets the NIMS Baseline Training requirements for ICS-300.
Prerequisites
ICS-100 and ICS-200 are pre-requisites to the IS-300 course.
CEUs: 1.6
Course Length: 16 hours
IS-400.HC - Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff serving in Healthcare/Hospitals
Course Overview
ICS 400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff serving in Healthcare/Hospitals. This approved FEMA program has been revised and developed specifically for healthcare facilities by TriCon Emergency Management Systems. It takes the ICS 400 components and applies them directly to healthcare in order to obtain a more in-depth understanding and application the focus and purpose of this program. It also explains the relationship of unified command, the planning process, resource management and demobilization.
Primary Audience
Persons serving as command staff, general staff (section chiefs), branch directors, and multi-agency coordination system/emergency operations center staff.
Course Topics
The Training is comprised of the following lessons:- Unit 1: Course Overview
- Unit 2: Fundamentals Review for Command and General Staff
- Unit 3: Major and/or Complex Incident/Event Management
- Unit 4: Area Command
- Unit 5: Multiagency Coordination
- Unit 6: Course Summary
NIMS Compliance
This course is NIMS compliant and meets the NIMS Baseline Training requirements for ICS-400.
Prerequisites
ICS-100, 200 and 300 are pre-requisites to the ICS 400 course.
CEUs: 1.6
Course Length: 16 hours