Long-Term Care Toolkit Appendix J: Evacuation Transportation

Based on your residents’ needs, levels of mobility, cognitive abilities, and health status, the long-term care facility/agency should develop evacuation logistics as part of your emergency operations plan (EOP). The following is an example of such a logistics plan.

Transportation

See transportation tab in Excel spreadsheet for further information.

• Residents who can walk without assistance will be accompanied by a designated staff member to the designated mode of transportation.
• Residents who require assistance with walking will be accompanied by designated staff member to the designated mode of transportation.
• Residents who are non-ambulatory will be transferred by designated staff members via the designated mode of transportation.
• Residents with cognitive impairments will be accompanied by an assigned staff member via the designated mode of transportation.
• Residents with equipment/prosthetics equipment/prosthetics should accompany residents and be securely stored in the designated mode of transportation.
• Medical records: Each resident will be evacuated with necessary individual medical information.
• Medications: Each resident will be evacuated with a minimum of a three-day supply of medications. If medications require refrigeration, indicate plan to keep medications cool.
• Estimated evacuation time: Calculate based on the number of residents and estimated time for each based on assistance required.
• Resident tracking: Indicate who is responsible for keeping the log of residents’ locations post-evacuation (some situations may require residents going to numerous locations).
• Resident justification: Indicate who is responsible for making a final check and head count of residents to ensure all residents have been evacuated.                                                                         

* Estimate number and types of vehicles needed to evacuate; use excel document to make customizable*