Severe Weather Preparedness
Severe weather preparedness is the planning and coordination healthcare systems use to keep patients, staff, and services safe during extreme weather events like hurricanes, floods, or heatwaves. It includes emergency plans, backup power and supplies, clear communication, and strategies to handle increased patient demand.
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Climate Resilient Health Care Facilities
Climate change is disrupting health facilities; climate-resilient hospitals can keep care running during disasters.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health’s knowledge and preparedness site has mitigation techniques, severe weather alert sign-ups, state data, and more.
The United States’ Department of Health and Human Services guide and toolkit was produced to assist health care providers, design professionals, policymakers, and others with roles and responsibilities in assuring the continuity of quality health and human care before, during and after extreme weather events. The Guide is focused on health care infrastructure resilience to climate change impacts as manifested primarily by extreme weather events
