Emergency Prepardness (EP) Readiness Exercise
The Agency of Integrated Care (AIC) had engaged BCM Institute to prepare the community care providers and conduct a Community Care Emergency Preparedness Readiness Exercise on the 3rd October 2019 (9 am to 2 pm) to enhance the readiness of nursing homes in dealing with a pandemic outbreak.
Over 21 Nursing Homes from all over Singapore will participate in 9 simultaneous exercises that will test their responses, knowledge, preparation, and readiness against a scenario designed to ensure that they will be more than equipped when faced against a real outbreak.
Overview of Programme
This half-day exercise is conducted with the intent to allow all participating Organizations to experience a simulated version of some of the challenges they will face during a Pandemic Outbreak. By the end of the pandemic exercise, participants will:
- Identify key areas in their plans that need to be improved;
- Possess a greater understanding of their respective organisation’s plans; as well as
- Come away with the critical actions needed to be undertaken during a Pandemic crisis.
Throughout the exercise spanning over a few simulated weeks and taking them through the entire color spectrum of the DORSCON, they will be given injects to test the following:
- 3 Core Processes; and
- 7 Control Areas
[a] 3 Core Processes
| Prevention | Detection | Response |
[b] 7 Control Areas
| Access Control | Donning/ Doffing of PPE | Environmental Cleansing | Isolation |
| Response to Media/ Public/ Family | Management of Suspect/ Staff | Return to Normalcy |
Programme Objectives
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The half day Readiness Exercise is aimed at equipping participants with the following:
- Evaluate and enhance the readiness of community care service providers in dealing with pandemic outbreak;
- Practice key components of the service provider’s Emergency Preparedness plan; and
- Identify opportunities for improvement of the plan.
Programme Schedule
The readiness exercise is the 2nd stage of the programme as it spans over a period of three stages.
| Event (Stage) | Date | Time | Venue |
| [1] Pre-exercise Training | 17th Sep 2019 | 1 pm - 5 pm | The Dining Hall Work Central 190 Clemenceau Ave, #06–01, Singapore 239924 |
| [2] 2/ FY18 Readiness Exercise | 3rd Oct 2019 | 9 am – 2 pm | Participating nursing homes |
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[3] Post-Exercise Debrief |
15th Oct 2019 | 9 am – 12 pm |
HDB Convention Centre, Bedok Room |
Target Audience
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The training and exercise is designed for the Staff Nurses, Clinical Supervisors, Care Coordinators, and other key department staff who play critical roles during a pandemic outbreak as a community care service provider.
For those who are new to this topic, you may want to read more about Planning Steps for Implementing BCM for Nursing Homes.
