Disaster Preparedness and Hospital Incident Command Course

Strengthen disaster readiness through hazard analysis, incident command, communication, surge capacity, continuity, exercises and recovery planning.

Healthcare and Hospital Management Training Courses Confirmed

Training Locations

This Disaster Preparedness and Hospital Incident Command Course is available in multiple cities. Please select your preferred location from the list below

Durrës

Albania

Tirana

Albania

Andorra la Vella

Andorra

Escaldes-Engordany

Andorra

Innsbruck

Austria

Salzburg

Austria

Vienna

Austria

Gomel

Belarus

Minsk

Belarus

Antwerp

Belgium

Brussels

Belgium

Banja Luka

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Plovdiv

Bulgaria

Sofia

Bulgaria

Dubrovnik

Croatia

Split

Croatia

Zagreb

Croatia

Limassol

Cyprus

Nicosia

Cyprus

Brno

Czech Republic

Prague

Czech Republic

Aarhus

Denmark

Copenhagen

Denmark

Tallinn

Estonia

Tartu

Estonia

Helsinki

Finland

Tampere

Finland

Lyon

France

Marseille

France

Nice

France

Paris

France

Berlin

Germany

Frankfurt

Germany

Hamburg

Germany

Munich

Germany

Athens

Greece

Thessaloniki

Greece

Budapest

Hungary

Debrecen

Hungary

Akureyri

Iceland

Reykjavík

Iceland

Cork

Ireland

Dublin

Ireland

Florence

Italy

Milan

Italy

Naples

Italy

Rome

Italy

Pristina

Kosovo

Prizren

Kosovo

Liepāja

Latvia

Riga

Latvia

Schaan

Liechtenstein

Vaduz

Liechtenstein

Kaunas

Lithuania

Vilnius

Lithuania

Esch-sur-Alzette

Luxembourg

Luxembourg City

Luxembourg

St. Julian's

Malta

Valletta

Malta

Bălți

Moldova

Chișinău

Moldova

La Condamine

Monaco

Monte Carlo

Monaco

Budva

Montenegro

Podgorica

Montenegro

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Rotterdam

Netherlands

The Hague

Netherlands

Ohrid

North Macedonia

Skopje

North Macedonia

Bergen

Norway

Oslo

Norway

Gdańsk

Poland

Kraków

Poland

Warsaw

Poland

Faro

Portugal

Lisbon

Portugal

Porto

Portugal

Bucharest

Romania

Cluj-Napoca

Romania

City of San Marino

San Marino

Serravalle

San Marino

Belgrade

Serbia

Novi Sad

Serbia

Singapore

Bratislava

Slovakia

Košice

Slovakia

Bled

Slovenia

Ljubljana

Slovenia

Barcelona

Spain

Madrid

Spain

Valencia

Spain

Gothenburg

Sweden

Stockholm

Sweden

Bern

Switzerland

Geneva

Switzerland

Zurich

Switzerland

Kyiv

Ukraine

Lviv

Ukraine

Odesa

Ukraine

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Birmingham

United Kingdom

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

London

United Kingdom

Manchester

United Kingdom

Rome (Vatican-adjacent)

Vatican City

Training Outlines

Introduction

Hospitals must continue critical services while responding to events that disrupt people, infrastructure and supply. This course develops an all-hazards preparedness system and practical incident-command capabilities for coordinated decisions under pressure.

Objectives

Conduct hazard-vulnerability and capability assessments
Develop integrated emergency and continuity plans
Explain hospital incident-command structures and roles
Establish command, communication and information routines
Plan clinical surge, triage and resource allocation
Coordinate safety, logistics and external partners
Design exercises that test priority capabilities
Lead recovery, evaluation and corrective-action processes

Course Outlines

Day 1: Hospital Disaster Preparedness

All-hazards emergency-management cycle
Hazard-vulnerability analysis methods
Capability and dependency assessment
Emergency operations plans and annexes
Business continuity and critical services
Preparedness governance and partner mapping

Day 2: Hospital Incident Command

Incident-command principles and terminology
Command, operations, planning and logistics
Finance, administration and documentation
Incident objectives and action planning
Span of control and role activation
Command transfer and demobilisation

Day 3: Communication and Coordination

Emergency notification and activation
Situation reports and common operating picture
Internal briefings and shift handovers
Public information and media coordination
External agencies and mutual aid
Communication redundancy and failure modes

Day 4: Clinical Surge and Resource Management

Surge triggers and escalation levels
Mass-casualty triage and patient distribution
Beds, staffing and treatment-space expansion
Pharmacy, supplies and critical equipment
Safety, security and access control
Evacuation, sheltering and utility failure

Day 5: Exercises, Recovery and Improvement

Exercise objectives and scenario design
Tabletop, functional and full-scale exercises
Controllers, evaluators and observation tools
Hot debriefs and after-action reviews
Recovery priorities and staff support
Corrective-action plans and readiness tracking

Training Schedule

Below is the table of cities along with the respective dates for the upcoming training sessions of Disaster Preparedness and Hospital Incident Command Course. Please review the schedule to find the most convenient option for you. You can also use the below search bar to type the city name and filter the results.