Emergency Preparedness in Long-Term Care
Prepare your team to stay calm, act fast, and protect residents when emergencies happen.
Overview
This course helps long-term care staff understand their role during emergencies — from natural disasters to power outages and missing residents. It covers essential response protocols, communication plans, and how to maintain resident safety during stress and chaos. Scenarios are LTC-specific and help learners build confidence in responding clearly and effectively under pressure.
- Built for real LTC events: Covers the most common emergencies seen in nursing homes.
- Know your role: Learn where to go, what to do, and who to alert in a crisis.
- Keep residents safe: Strategies for evacuating and supporting residents with dementia or mobility issues.
When Emergencies Happen
- Understand facility-specific plans for weather, fire, missing residents, and power loss.
- Follow communication protocols to keep staff and residents informed.
- Support resident safety in crowded, confusing, or high-risk situations.
- Know when to evacuate, shelter in place, or adapt your routine.
- Infection Prevention at Work
- Infection Prevention in Long-Term Care
- Abuse & Neglect in Long-Term Care
- Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Awareness
- Resident Rights and Responsibilities
- Resident Rights and Responsibilities in Long-Term Care
- QAPI in Long-Term Care: Quality That Works
- Director of Nursing: Leadership, Oversight, and Compliance in LTC
- OSHA Fire Safety
- Fire Safety at Work
- OSHA Fire Safety in Long-Term Care
- Bloodborne Pathogen Safety
- Bloodborne Pathogen Safety in Long-Term Care
- Emergency Preparedness
- Emergency Preparedness in Long-Term Care
- HIPAA: Resident Privacy
- HIPAA Compliance: Protecting Patient Privacy
- Fall Prevention
- Fall Prevention in Long-Term Care
- Dementia Care
- Dementia Care in Long-Term Care
- Communication Skills in Long-Term Care
- Communication Skills for Healthcare Teams
- Communication Skills at Work
- Critical Thinking in Long-Term Care
- Critical Thinking for Healthcare Teams
- Antipsychotic Reduction in Long-Term Care
- Immunization Awareness
- Immunization Awareness at Work
- Depression in Long-Term Care
- Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP)
- Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Long-Term Care
- Diabetes
- Managing Diabetes in Long-Term Care
- Sepsis
- Sepsis Recognition in Long-Term Care
- Wound Care in Long-Term Care
- Infection Prevention on Campus
- Immunization Awareness for Students
- Infection Prevention in Healthcare
- HIPAA: Privacy & Security in Healthcare
- Specialized ESRD & Dialysis Center Training
- Fire Safety in Healthcare Settings
- Emergency Preparedness in Healthcare
- Sepsis Awareness & Prevention in Healthcare
- Immunization Awareness in Healthcare
- Diabetes Management in Healthcare
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Who Should Take This Course
Emergencies don’t wait — every role matters
- All staff - Understand how to respond confidently during any emergency.
- Direct care - Learn how to guide residents during evacuations or shelter-in-place events.
- Non-clinical staff - Support logistics, supplies, and calm during crisis events.
- Infection Prevention at Work
- Infection Prevention in Long-Term Care
- Abuse & Neglect in Long-Term Care
- Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Awareness
- Resident Rights and Responsibilities
- Resident Rights and Responsibilities in Long-Term Care
- QAPI in Long-Term Care: Quality That Works
- Director of Nursing: Leadership, Oversight, and Compliance in LTC
- OSHA Fire Safety
- Fire Safety at Work
- OSHA Fire Safety in Long-Term Care
- Bloodborne Pathogen Safety
- Bloodborne Pathogen Safety in Long-Term Care
- Emergency Preparedness
- Emergency Preparedness in Long-Term Care
- HIPAA: Resident Privacy
- HIPAA Compliance: Protecting Patient Privacy
- Fall Prevention
- Fall Prevention in Long-Term Care
- Dementia Care
- Dementia Care in Long-Term Care
- Communication Skills in Long-Term Care
- Communication Skills for Healthcare Teams
- Communication Skills at Work
- Critical Thinking in Long-Term Care
- Critical Thinking for Healthcare Teams
- Antipsychotic Reduction in Long-Term Care
- Immunization Awareness
- Immunization Awareness at Work
- Depression in Long-Term Care
- Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP)
- Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Long-Term Care
- Diabetes
- Managing Diabetes in Long-Term Care
- Sepsis
- Sepsis Recognition in Long-Term Care
- Wound Care in Long-Term Care
- Infection Prevention on Campus
- Immunization Awareness for Students
- Infection Prevention in Healthcare
- HIPAA: Privacy & Security in Healthcare
- Specialized ESRD & Dialysis Center Training
- Fire Safety in Healthcare Settings
- Emergency Preparedness in Healthcare
- Sepsis Awareness & Prevention in Healthcare
- Immunization Awareness in Healthcare
- Diabetes Management in Healthcare
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