Event Listing - Critical Systems and Decisions: A Healthcare Facility Emergency Tabletop Exercise

This interactive tabletop exercise brings together health care engineers, facility managers and emergency preparedness professionals to explore the critical intersection of emergency response and health care facility operations. Participants will work through a realistic, scenario-based incident affecting a health care environment, examining how infrastructure, utilities, life safety systems and operational decision-making directly impact patient care and staff safety during an emergency. Through guided discussion and collaborative problem-solving, attendees will identify vulnerabilities, share best practices and strengthen coordination between facility management and emergency preparedness functions, reinforcing the facility’s role as a cornerstone of health care resilience.

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

strengthen coordination between facility operations and emergency response by examining how infrastructure, utilities, life safety systems and operational decision‑making affect patient care and staff safety during emergencies
improve organizational resilience by identifying facility‑related vulnerabilities, sharing best practices and reinforcing collaboration between health care engineering, facility management and emergency preparedness professionals through scenario‑based problem‑solving