Create a disaster preparedness plan for your medical home practice by answering questions in this interactive tool.

• Practice Information
• Review Key Resources
• Plan for Continuing Operations
• Review Insurance Coverage
• Store Essential Supplies and Minimize Risk to Equipment
• Protect Patient Records and Office Files
• Handle Vaccine Issues
• Attend to Facility Issues
• Consider How to Handle Infection Control
• Prepare Office Staff/Employees
• Develop Service and/or Evacuation Plans
• Prepare an Office "Emergency Go Kit"
• Prepare a Plan for Communicating with Clients
• Develop a Preparedness Plan for Your Home and Family

Key Resources:

A Disaster Preparedness Plan for Pediatricians an article by Scott Needle, MD, FAAP that includes guidance and background information to help staff prepare the office in advance of a disaster.

The Role of Pediatric Health Care Providers an article by Daniel Fagbuyi, MD, FAAP and Jeffrey Upperman, MD, FAAP that offers steps pediatricians can take to promote pediatric emergency preparedness in the community (exiting site).

Supplemental Resources:

• AAP Children and Disasters Web Site
• AAP Health Topics Page on Disasters
• Continuity of Operations Plan
• Emergency Information Forms and Emergency Preparedness for Children With Special Health Care Needs
• Insurance Coverage for Vaccine Loss
• Pandemic Influenza Plan: Template for Primary Care Provider Offices
• Safe Storage of Vaccines
• Summary of AAP Policy: “Preparation for Emergencies in the Offices of Pediatricians and Pediatric Primary Care Providers”
• NEW! Template Office Plan (word document)