P.A.C.E. Planning as a Strategic Framework for Hospital Preparedness and Response
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ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Phil Chaffee is a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) and has been the Senior Director of Emergency Management for the University of Utah Health Sciences, Hospitals and Clinics since May 2009. Prior to working for the University, Phil was the Emergency Manager for Primary Children’s Hospital (PCH) for several years.
Phil completed his Bachelor of Science from the University of Utah in Health Promotion and Education with an emphasis in Disaster Preparedness in June 2005. He completed his Master’s of Science in Emergency Management (MSEM) from Jacksonville State University in Alabama in December 2008. Phil is currently working on completing his MBA through Western Governor’s University (WGU). Phil is a FEMA Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP) and a certified Business Continuity Professional (ABCP).
Phil is originally from Southern California where he worked in the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) with Mercy Ambulance, AMR Ambulance, the San Bernardino County Sherriff’s Air Rescue and at Loma Linda University. He was also employed for 10 years as an adjunct faculty for Crafton Hills College in Yucaipa, California where he taught in the EMT and Paramedic program.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Kevin Arthur brings over four decades of healthcare experience to his role in Healthcare Emergency Management. For the past 24 years, Kevin has led the design and development of emergency management programs, including disaster response planning, asset coordination, staff training, and command cadre education.
Kevin began his career in Pennsylvania as a hospital-based paramedic, serving 19 years in the Emergency Department of a 685-bed Level I Trauma Center in Pennsylvania. There, he directed all emergency and disaster operations and led a 40-person deployable Disaster Response Team (DRT) capable of medical surge and decontamination operations. He also served as program manager and team leader for a Tactical Response Unit, providing operator-level medical support for high-risk law enforcement missions at the local, state, and federal levels.
His incident response experience spans mass casualty and hazardous materials incidents, to tactical law enforcement operations. As a firefighter, EMS Captain, and paramedic, Kevin operated as both primary caregiver and EMS commander. He has served as a tactical medic and medical top-com during numerous high-risk deployments and was adjunct faculty with the Department of Defense’s Counter Narcotics Terrorism Operations Medical Support program at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
His experience also includes service as a subject matter expert with Battelle Memorial Institute for healthcare response to chemical weapon exposures in the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP). This supported the U.S. Army’s Chemical Weapons Stockpile cities through education and training design and delivery of response methodologies, and field assessment of healthcare operations.
In Utah, Kevin was the founding chair of the Salt Lake, Summit, and Tooele Healthcare Coalition and served as Chair of the Utah Disaster Advisory Council. He sat on the executive boards of both organizations and has contributed to the development of key statewide initiatives including the Utah State Burn Plan, Burn Surge Annex, and Crisis Standards of Care Plan.
In Idaho, Kevin serves as the Regional Readiness & Response Coordinator for the Greater Idaho Healthcare Coalition (GIHCC), which encompasses the twenty-four eastern counties of the state of Idaho. This is inclusive of establishing interoperability over the GIHCC’s 42,000 square mile footprint.
Regionally, Kevin supports pediatric disaster planning through the Pediatric Pandemic Network, where his work includes pediatric disaster regionalization, deployable asset development, and subject matter expertise in chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear response and medical countermeasures. He is also active in the Western Regional Alliance for Pediatric Emergency Management.
Nationally, Kevin advances professional standards and education for healthcare emergency managers through his involvement with the Association for Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Professionals (AHEPP), serving on the education committee, national conference committee, and advisory board.