June 2022 Newsletter
WELCOME TO THE HEALTHCARE COALITION OF MAINE NEWSLETTER
OUR MISSION
The mission of the Healthcare Coalition of Maine (HCCME) is to develop and sustain a powerful coalition of health care organizations, first responders, and other key partners united to save lives and improve health outcomes during disasters through preparedness, planning, response, and recovery efforts.
Upcoming Coalition Event
HCCME will be holding Joint Chapter meetings quarterly on the second Wednesday of the month (from 9-10:30am) for the next fiscal year. Please register in advance utilizing the following links:
Additionally, the Coalition will host two statewide trainings, in September and March. More details on those to come.
nominations open for leadership team vacancies
The Coalition is looking for your assistance in filling the following Leadership Team vacancies:
Central Chapter Public Health Agency Discipline
Northern Chapter Emergency Medical Service Discipline
Southern Chapter Long-Term Care/Assisted Living Discipline
Tribal Statewide Discipline
Nominations may be submitted by any Coalition member and self-nominations are allowed. For additional details regarding the purpose of the Leadership Team, the voting process and the chapter specific links for submitting nominations, please see the HCCME May 23rd email.
Nominations will be accepted through June 8th.
Integrated Preparedness Workgroup
The Healthcare Coalition of Maine is looking to form an Integrated Preparedness Workgroup (IPW). The purpose of the workgroup will be to:
Identify Training and Exercise Priorities
Revise preparedness and response plans, including annexes, annually
Coordinate the development of Specialty Annexes (as required by ASPR)
Coordinate Annual Integrated Preparedness Planning Workshop and updates to Training and Exercise Plan
Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure coalition level plans are complimentary to state-level plans
Assist in the development and conduct of the annual MRSE (beginning 2024)
Identify and coordinate additional trainings for coalition members based on JRA, After Action Reports, and membership feedback.
The Coalition hopes to hold the first workgroup meeting in the next few months, with quarterly meetings thereafter. If you are interested in being a part of this important workgroup, please register below.
Summer Weather in Maine
maine weather can be completely unpredicatable.
It is important to know about the summer weather resources available to you and how best to prepare. In this HCCME document you will find links to information to help you stay safe and informed this summer.
Be sure to get your new organization agreement form submitted prior to June 30th to be included in the Fy 2022 Active member list
As a reminder, all organizations involved with the coalition are encouraged to complete the new organization agreement form prior to June 30th, 2022 in order to be included in the Active Member listing to be shared with membership in July!
HCCME would like to thank the latest organizations to submit new Organization Agreement Forms!
• Jogan Health
• Maine Veterans’ Home- South Paris
• NorDx Laboratories
• Russell Park Rehabilitation and Living Center
• Seal Rock Healthcare
• The Cedars
Any older versions of a membership agreement submitted prior to November 2021 are no longer valid.
We appreciate our membership taking a few moments in their day to move your organization along to the next step in the process to becoming an “active member”. If you are not certain if your organization has filled out the new agreement form yet, please email the Coalition before July to find out!
Partner Trainings and Webinars
All Clear Emergency Management Group
Free upcoming webinars:
ASTHO
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials to Host Leading Through a Pandemic: Teamwork and Crisis Communications Symposium on June 2nd @ 2:00-3:30 PM ET
During a highly visible pandemic, having your team working together closely on messaging and scripting is paramount. What happens as messaging changes and as your team faces burnout working a prolonged pandemic? Join us for this learning symposium and hear former state health officers and their PIOs reflect on working together during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Register HERE.
CISA
SpeaknSpark
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Region 1) is offering an Active Shooter Preparedness Webinar on June 15th from 1:00-3:00 PM EST. Join this two-hour security webinar to enhance awareness of and response to an active shooter event. This is not a tactical training course.
Register HERE.
The Intersection of Disasters and Climate Change Webinar on August 18th @ 2:00 PM ET
Climate and disaster work are inextricably linked. Disasters do not happen in isolation from one another. The research does not suggest that the number of disasters we now face is an outlier, but rather just the beginning of what is to come as the consequences of the climate crisis begin to manifest. We must address not only our nation’s readiness to manage but also our capacity to manage multiple threats at once. Understanding the strain that emergency management is currently under can address the changes we need to make in anticipation of our increasing risk.
Register HERE.
Partner Resources
ASPR TRACIE
CAPC
EMSC
This issue of The Exchange includes the following articles:
Center to Advance Palliative Care Blog- Who’s Helping You? Coping with Trauma as a Health Care Worker
This blog focuses on what repeated trauma without healing can do to a health care worker, and how to establish a new and healthier “normal”.
EMSC Pulse June Edition
We are devastated by last week’s events in Uvalde, Texas. As we mourn the 21 victims, we have been sharing resources to support children, families, communities, and health care professionals in the wake of the shooting. The National Child Traumatic Stress Network has developed resources to help children, families, educators, and communities navigate what they are seeing and hearing, acknowledge their feelings, and find ways to cope together. View resources.
Three POSITIONS AVAILABLE!
All Clear Emergency Management Group is searching for TWO detail oriented, highly skilled and motivated Healthcare Coalition Coordinators to join our growing team! These positions will provide coverage to the Northern and Southern Chapters by planning, implementing, and evaluating activities associated with the Coalition. Additionally, this position will recruit and maintain a diverse coalition membership with hospital, public health, emergency management, emergency medical services and other healthcare partners.
For more information, see the full job description located here. Cover letters and resumes should be submitted by email to jobs_HCCME@AllClearEMG.com.
We also continue to search for a detail oriented, highly skilled and motivated Contract Clinical Advisor to join our team! This position will serve the HCCME, by providing clinical leadership and serving as a liaison between the Coalition and medical directors/medical leadership at health care facilities, supporting entities (e.g., blood banks), and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies.
For more information, see the full job description located here. Cover letters and resumes should be submitted by email to jobs+clinical@AllClearEMG.com.
CONTACT US
Email your coalition coordinators at HCCME@AllClearEMG.com to assist you with any of your preparedness needs.
As a reminder, we recommend that you bookmark our website MaineHCCs.com and check in often as we are continually updating the calendar with meetings, trainings, and exercises!