Caduceus Shield Exercise Initiative

Hospital Active Shooter Exercise Series. The potential of an armed assault occurring at anyone of the country’s 5,754 hospitals is a real one. The Sickbay Security – An Active Shooter Response Exercise and the Medical Mayhem – An Active Shooter Consequence Management Exercise are designed to provide an opportunity for hospital management and staff along with a hospital’s emergency response partners to work through the myriad of challenges associated with responding to and recovering from such an event.

This series of exercises will serve as an opportunity for public health agencies along with their local community partners to collaborate in meeting the health care needs of victims while re-establishing community health systems in the aftermath of a disaster.

There are four exercises scenarios to choose from: Earthquake – Flood – Hurricane – Tornado

This series of exercises is designed to meet the following Public Health Preparedness Capabilities: Community Recovery – Information Sharing – Mass Care – Volunteer Management

Point of Dispensing Functional Exercise Series. The Operation POD Squad and the Dispensing Dilemma Exercises will provide an opportunity for public health agencies throughout the United States to assess their current capabilities to open and manage and PODs during a public health emergency.

This series of exercises is designed to meet the following Public Health Preparedness Capabilities: Emergency Public Information and Warning – Medical Countermeasure Dispensing  – Volunteer Management 

Evacuation Endeavor – A Health Care Center Exercise At any point during a normal work day health care center staff along with the center’s clients / patients could be called upon to safely evacuate the building. In light of this threat it is essential that community, rural and tribal health care centers fully understand the proper actions that need to be taken in the event of a commercial fire.