The Express: May 2023

This issue of The Express highlights the following new and updated resources:

Buffalo Strong: Response and Recovery to an Active Shooter Incident (Speaker Series Recording)
Updated Mini Modules to Relieve Stress for Health Care Workers

As many of you prepare for the start of the 2023 hurricane season, we invite you to access our Hurricane Resources Page, which includes resources such as:

Stay tuned for issue 17 of The Exchange which will feature articles on water and other utility outages, and feel free to reach out to ASPR TRACIE if you need technical assistance.

Buffalo Strong: Response and Recovery to an Active Shooter Incident

In February 2021, a gunman opened fire at the Allina Health Clinic-Buffalo Crossroads (MN), killing one and injuring four others. Buffalo Strong: Response and Recovery to an Active Shooter Incident features Kyra Krepin (MS, MN-CEM) sharing her experiences responding to this incident, lessons learned from a health care setting perspective, and recommendations for incorporating them.

Access our On-Campus Health Care Facility Armed Assailant Planning Considerations document to help prepare your facility to mitigate, respond to, and recover from an active shooter or armed assailant situation. Check out the other recordings in our Health Care System Preparedness Considerations speaker series to learn how the health care field is incorporating lessons to continuously improve patient care and bolster provider and system resilience.

Updated: Mini Modules to Relieve Stress for Health Care Workers

These mini-modules to relieve stress are designed for health care workers in all settings, but primarily hospital-based providers, staff, and leaders to use prior to and during a disaster to help recognize and reduce their stress levels and maintain resilience. While developed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the modules can be used before, during, or after any type of incident.

The End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

With the May 11, 2023, expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, you may be wondering how that affects various aspects of patient care. We encourage readers to bookmark the HHS COVID-19 Public Health Emergency webpage for updated information on waivers, flexibilities, and the transition forward.

Updates from the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection

ASPR’s Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) offers a variety of newsletters to keep stakeholders informed during emergency response and steady state. The newsletters inform stakeholders of the most significant issues facing the Healthcare and Public Health Sector including cybersecurity, health care supply chains, COVID-19, and more. If you are interested in receiving CIP newsletters, visit the CIP newsletter subscription webpage.