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<h2>Appendix D: Alternate Care Facility Questionnaire&#8212;Summary of Results (continued) </h2>
<p><em>Notes</em>: Remarks in brackets [example] have been edited by the reviewing investigator to preserve confidentiality. No other changes have been made to survey data. The use of a period (.) in any field indicates no data was received from the survey respondent for that item. </p>
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
<tr valign="top">
<th scope="col">Survey Question/Topic</th>
<th scope="col">Site 1</th>
<th scope="col">Site 1'</th>
<th scope="col">Site 2</th>
<th scope="col">Site 3</th>
<th scope="col">Site 4</th>
<th scope="col">Site 5</th>
<th scope="col">Site 6</th>
<th scope="col">Site 7</th>
<th scope="col">Site 8</th>
<th scope="col">Site 9</th>
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<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Visitor Limit?</td>
<td>[name] Question - in the [clinic] we did not limit</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Not applicable</td>
<td>No - family were also evacuees, though they were provided different space</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Auxiliary Care?</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>N/A</td>
<td>Not applicable</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Outside Integration?</td>
<td>[name] question</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes&#8212;[State] State guard (medical branch) provided security and lab technicians and logistical support</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>We were a DMAT but other ACS did use DMATS</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes&#8212;[State] medical rangers</td>
<td>Yes</td>
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<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Integration Lessons?</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>N/A</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Integration Detail</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Federal response agencies worked best when they integrated into the already set-up local incident command structure.</td>
<td>Assisted us in understanding their capabilities</td>
<td>We split up teams/ integrated shifts with folks from all groups which resulted in a wonderful collaborative consciousness. Included student leaders as well.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>N/A</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Be flexible. Learn. Respect, adapt</td>
<td>Need strong incident command to manage multiple levels of outside input.</td>
<td>.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Pets Allowed?</td>
<td>[name] question</td>
<td>No - pets were housed outside the facility in a separate shelter</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No - but there was a place on campus for them</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes - limited</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
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<td scope="row">Facility Issues?</td>
<td>Yes&#8212;[name] question</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">Issue Detail</td>
<td>lack of ample plumbing</td>
<td>Environmental issues related to exhaust fumes, noise, etc. due to vehicular traffic and leaving vehicles on.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Gymnasiums are large and noisy - it really never was quiet. Other treatment areas as well were loud &amp; light.</td>
<td>Lighting (not NO but other shelters) and noise control - also bathroom access</td>
<td>Cell communications at first. Then satellite delivered with phones.</td>
<td>Drinking water, meds preparation, lack of phones</td>
<td>No toilets, inadequate electrical support, no air condition</td>
<td>(Used a gymnasium - required reassurance to college administrators that we would not damage floors)</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">Any Other Issues?</td>
<td>See attached file. [redacted]</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>There needs to be a troubleshooting expert group who can be called to come in and help with problems esp. when the operations people become overwhelmed and unable to make good decisions</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>The nearby VA support was a major reason for our success.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Bed triage &amp; labeling helpful. Use dieticians/ licensed diabetic educators to arrange diabetic management teams. Needlesticks are hazardous.</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">Self-Presenting?</td>
<td>Yes - But [name] tried to prevent this</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Ambulance Route?</td>
<td>Directly to ACF</td>
<td>N/A</td>
<td>Hospital first</td>
<td>Hospital first - not possible in this circumstance, though EMS did manage to take true criticals to hospitals</td>
<td>Directly to ACF</td>
<td>Directly to ACF</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Depends on patient acuity</td>
<td>Hospital first</td>
<td>Directly to ACF</td>
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<td scope="row">Mental Health?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Futility of Care?</td>
<td>[name] question</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">Futility of Care Details</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Do not understand question.</td>
<td>Not applicable to our operation since we performed no in-patient or ICU care</td>
<td>It didn't come up</td>
<td>0 guidelines it had to do with logistics and transportation and staffing</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Pediatrics Care: ED Nurses?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Pediatrics Care: ED Docs?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Pediatrics Care: Family Docs?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Pediatrics Care: Pediatrics ED Docs?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes - limited</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Pediatrics Care: Pediatrics Midlevel?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Pediatrics Care: Pediatrics Nurses?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Pediatrics Care: Pediatricians?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Pediatrics Care: Other?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes - handled by another agency so cannot speak fully to this question</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Pediatrics Care Other Detail</td>
<td>Answer pertains to the [clinic] only - almost every combination</td>
<td>Via coordination with community (private) provider for pediatrics services.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Paramedics</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Immunizations?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes - but only for fire service and law enforcement coming from various parts of the country on the way to [location]</td>
<td>Yes - tetanus</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes - tetanus</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Infectious Disease Surveillance?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Infectious Disease Surveillance Detail</td>
<td>Both the [name] public health and [name] provided this surveillance - in fact [name] was the first to identify and DNA type the organism responsible for the GE outbreak</td>
<td>Cot-to-cot surveys in shelter areas by Epidemiology Task Force was conducted nightly to assess for symptoms that may correlate with certain disease patterns.</td>
<td>County public health epidemiologist reviewed cases</td>
<td>Monitored trends</td>
<td>Walk rounds. &amp; informal look arounds. Other facilities I know had a stronger PH component.</td>
<td>[State] Public Health rotated teams that interacted with [State] Epidemiology.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Minimal disease surveillance - diarrhea, respiratory tract infections were monitored</td>
<td>.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Hospital Transfer System?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes - only 2-3% of ACF patients were transferred to hospital ED's (out of &gt;10,000 patient encounters)</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Initially no! After a while yes but limited. In other ACFs I have had an ambulance on standby for transfer</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Surge: Early Discharge?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>No local hospitals used these strategies</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Surge: Hospital Transfer?</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>No local hospitals used these strategies</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td scope="row">Surge: ICU to Ward?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>No local hospitals used these strategies</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
</tr>
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<td scope="row">Surge: Interhospital Transfer?</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>No local hospitals used these strategies</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
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<td scope="row">Surge Criteria Detail</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
<td>None of these strategies were employed</td>
<td>We were informed by local health that beds were becoming available especially after NDMS kicked in</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
<td>Guesstimations only</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>If patients met minimal criteria for discharge they were discharged home or back to the shelter.</td>
<td>.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Special Medical Needs (SMN)?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>In NO all comers</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
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<td scope="row">SMN: Dialysis?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
</tr>
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<td scope="row">SMN: Mental Health?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">SMN: Ventilator?</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
</tr>
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<td scope="row">SMN: Other?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Expanded definition for what was considered MSN population - so a diabetic without insulin for few days with need to store insulin, dispose of sharps, ADA diet, etc. became a patient with MSN.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
</tr>
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<td scope="row">SMN Other Detail</td>
<td>hemonc/ transplant/<br />
CF/<br />
shunts/<br />
etc</td>
<td>Other such patients included those morbidly obese, mental health needs, patients on chronic dialysis, etc.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Chronic health prob.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>COPD, diabetes patients, Alzheimer/ geriatric patients</td>
<td>.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td scope="row">Special ACF Group?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
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<td scope="row">Special ACF Group Detail</td>
<td>Ventilator dependent</td>
<td>In operation such as ours, integrated services worked best esp. due to fact that patient characteristics were unknown in advance of operation initiation.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Infectious - it wasn't an issue for us, but if we were dealing with flu etc, should have separate ACF. Also hospice/palliative care</td>
<td>Chronic ventilator patients with respiratory therapists</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Ventilator patients</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">Multiple Ventilators?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No - not without extraordinary resources - which are better left in the hospital</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Depends on staffing and resources</td>
<td>No - unless the personnel (nurses/ respiratory technicians) are available.</td>
<td>No</td>
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<td scope="row">Other SMN/Patient Care Issues</td>
<td>With Hurricane RITA which came at the heels of Katrina we had appx 30 ventilator dependent children arrive at our EC - we had to open a floor just for these patients - as a result, we are working with the [State] to create a regional location [redacted]</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Avoid segmenting patients according to medical diagnoses</td>
<td>We did not have many deaths - but hospice/ palliative care patients that were evacuated did come through and sent to a different facility</td>
<td>Morbidly obese/mobility issues are huge problems for hygiene and skin breakdown</td>
<td>Dialysis was not an issue, but could have been. Also we had 8 obstetric patients that we transferred out (luckily).</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">Patients In ACF?</td>
<td>[name] question</td>
<td>Very limited information known.</td>
<td>Visual head count only</td>
<td>We counted every 2 hours / kept track on a grease board</td>
<td>Walking around</td>
<td>Electronic system tracking tool</td>
<td>paper process</td>
<td>Database</td>
<td>Daily patient census recorded on Excel program. All patients signed in &amp; out of facility.</td>
<td>Patient recording and tracking.</td>
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<td scope="row">Patient Location?</td>
<td>[name] question</td>
<td>Very limited information known. </td>
<td>Medical record form indicated the location within the ACF where care was rendered (adult, ped, mental lhth, dental, OB, ... etc.)</td>
<td>Had charge nurses &amp; team leads at each treatment area keeping track</td>
<td>Walking around</td>
<td>Computer board</td>
<td>a room roster started when they admit.</td>
<td>Generally</td>
<td>XY grid coordinates for bed placement.</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">Patient Disposition?</td>
<td>[name] question</td>
<td>Discharge/ transfer information was limited except for perhaps those who were transferred via the regional medical operations center</td>
<td>Handwritten medical record</td>
<td>Local EMS &amp; social workers took care of this</td>
<td>Initially too many patients to too few staff</td>
<td>Same computer tracking system</td>
<td>daily count and discharge process include informing patient administration</td>
<td>Database</td>
<td>Developed an Excel program. College students assisted.</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">Patient Tracking System?</td>
<td>[name] question</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No&#8212;[college] students went bedside to bedside with laptops to develop database</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
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<td scope="row">Medical Records?</td>
<td>EMR - took 2 days to perfect but it was quite good once it overcame the sudden rush of patients - [name] question</td>
<td>Not handled by our agency.</td>
<td>Developed de-novo a paper medical record - all completed records were scanned and stored. Data entry clerk created database (name and chief complaint) which was searchable.</td>
<td>Initially - just one sheet of paper taped to the cot</td>
<td>Couldn't initially then ran out of supplies</td>
<td>Paper/file cabinets</td>
<td>Electronic VA record</td>
<td>Paper</td>
<td>(Electronic for monitoring patient status.) In clinic &amp; shelter used a paper record. Patient chart created &amp; attached to bed.</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">Records Ownership?</td>
<td>[name] question</td>
<td>Not handled by our agency.</td>
<td>County public health dept.</td>
<td>Records were sent with the patient when transferred and/or given to them with a discharge summary. Local EMS kept copies of discharge/transfers</td>
<td>Feds</td>
<td>[State] Public Health</td>
<td>VA?</td>
<td>State</td>
<td>Public health department.</td>
<td>Have not given thought to this issue. Good point.</td>
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<td scope="row">Adult/Peds Together?</td>
<td>Families kept together<br />
Adult/peds separated</td>
<td>Families kept together</td>
<td>Adult/peds separated - moms typically took children needing care to the pediatric section</td>
<td>Families kept together - as much as possible</td>
<td>Families kept together</td>
<td>Families kept together</td>
<td>Families kept together</td>
<td>Families kept together</td>
<td>Families kept together</td>
<td>Families kept together</td>
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<td scope="row">Spouses Separated?</td>
<td>[name] question</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
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<td scope="row">Families Together?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
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<td scope="row">Patient Privacy?</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Depends on emergency scenario but in general the preference due to the high anxiety of such scenarios is to keep families together as much as possible.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Tough to do in a gymnasium. We used sheets &amp; other barriers when possible. Far more important to allow access to patients as most families were also evacuees and separating families at the time would have just made things worse.</td>
<td>Family takes precedence over privacy in a disaster</td>
<td>Limited</td>
<td>Each family unit had private room</td>
<td>Did not</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">Active Finance Section?</td>
<td>Yes&#8212;[name] financed its own efforts in the hope that it would be reimbursed - I don't think it was reimbursed</td>
<td>Yes - handled through overall County Government, not our agency specifically.</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No - all done by locals/I do not have the info</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
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<td scope="row">Volunteer %?</td>
<td>not sure</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>Not sure.</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">Charitable Donation %?</td>
<td>not sure</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>Not sure.</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">Institution/System %?</td>
<td>not sure</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
<td>40</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>Not sure.</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">Private Corporation %?</td>
<td>not sure</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Not sure.</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">Local Gov %?</td>
<td>not sure</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Not sure.</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">State %?</td>
<td>not sure</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>Not sure.</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">Federal %?</td>
<td>not sure</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>100</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>Not sure.</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td>Other %?</td>
<td>not sure</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Not sure.</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td>Other % Detail</td>
<td>not sure</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Not sure.</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td>Federal Invoice?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes - County Government did.</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
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<td scope="row">Federal Reimbursement?</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No - uncertain</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">Reimbursement Secrets?</td>
<td>yes - create an agreement before the response</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Not applicable</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>None</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">Worker Illness/Injury?</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Unable to quantify.</td>
<td>No - not that we were aware of</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes - 1 needlestick injury</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">Workers' Comp Issues?</td>
<td>[name] question</td>
<td>N/A</td>
<td>No - not that we were aware of</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">Workers' Comp Detail</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Their commander dealt with it through the Federal Government</td>
<td>Handled by parent hospital</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td scope="row">Other Finance Issues?</td>
<td>Pay the resource if you want them to return</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>ACF financing will now go through the finance section of the city entity which has requested a medical support function.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Buy on credit, keep receipts, if it is reasonable, it will eventually be reimbursed</td>
<td>Health Department was not reimbursed at the State or local level. Most work was voluntary. [Name] State Guard was paid a daily stipend.</td>
<td>.</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Advanced planning and development of relationships with partners in advance is critical to the success of any large-scale operation.</td>
<td>See two documents [attached] describing our ACF operations</td>
<td>[From included cover letter] ... I am an advocate of college campuses as ACF for many reasons. This is a short list: 1. handicapped accessible; 2. large crowds can generally be accommodated; 3. there is already a security presence, and a perimeter can be </td>
<td>Can not be rigid - flexibility important. Red Cross volunteers. Family together. Palliative care areas. Animals need to be considered. Uniforms very helpful. Understand limitations in your mission.</td>
<td>.</td>
<td>Any plan that developed needs to be flexible. A cook book approach would not work well in a disaster situation. VA being a national system has enough resources to sustain a shelter for a &quot;period&quot; of time (no more than 3 months).</td>
<td>Have good leadership. Tap into churches for volunteers. Help others and they will accommodate/assist you.</td>
<td>Plan in advance of disaster. We have subsequently identified a university campus with a nursing school to be a ACF for 240 people. We have run [illegible] exercises &amp; call down events to ensure that we can stand up the facility.</td>
<td>We have had to approach planning from a couple of different angles. Our most likely scenario would be a situation whereby the ACF is used for a short fused- short duration event. On the other hand, we are also approaching the issue with the thought in mind</td>
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