Disaster Relief Planning:

Preparedness, Response, Recovery

Purpose

Harrisson Quijote, Hill, Ann Marie, Director,

Bloustein School Internship Program

Prepare a contingency plan

Acquire Durable Medical Equipment

(DME), Consumable Medical Supplies

(CMS), and Personal Assistance

Services (PAS) for use in response to

disaster

Significance

Methodology

Outcomes

Evaluation

Acknowledgements

Workers and volunteers respond to

more than 70,000 disasters in the

United States

Extensive planning before

Superstorm Sandy’s landfall led to

successful response and recovery

DME, CMS, and PAS should be

labeled and placed in trailers so

they can be deployed when needed

Documentation of partner contacts

and SOP are made and ready to

utilize

A special thank you to the staff of

the American Red Cross of the North

Jersey Region and especially to my

preceptor, Mr. Michael Prasad

Response to Superstorm Sandy:

1. Acquire DME, CMS, and PAS from healthcare organizations

2. Organize and label all acquired material in trailers

3. Update a Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for future staff

Future Red

Cross Staff

Utilize SOP as

template

Update procedure and steps

Post-surveys

and comments