Course Overview
ICS 100, Introduction to the Incident Command System for Healthcare/Hospitals, introduces the Incident Command System (ICS) as it applies to the healthcare/hospital environment and provides the foundation for higher level ICS training. This course describes the history, features and principles, and organizational structure of the Incident Command System. It also explains the relationship between ICS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
The Emergency Management Institute developed ICS 100, Introduction to ICS (IS-100.HC) course, in collaboration with:
National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USFA's National Fire Programs Branch
HICS IV Project, National Work Group
Primary Audience
ICS-100, Introduction to ICS (ICS-100.HC) should be completed by the hospital personnel that would have a direct role in emergency preparedness, incident management, and/or emergency response during an incident. Personnel designated to fulfill ICS roles (i.e. hospital emergency manager, hospital administration, department heads) should complete ICS-100, though additional participants may include the following hospital and healthcare systems staffs:
Physicians
Nursing
Ancillary
Materials/resource management
Security/safety
Laboratory
Radiology
Inter-facility transport
NIMS Compliance:
This course is NIMS compliant and meets the NIMS Baseline Training requirements for I-100.
Prerequisites
N/A.
CEUs: 0.2
Course Length: 2.5 hours