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Any type of crisis or disaster, occurring anytime, can impact the operation of

healthcare facilities if the facility has not taken the opportunity to prepare before-
hand. An all hazards approach helps healthcare facilities prepare for any type of

event. The Hospital Emergency Response Team (HERT) is not like the Trauma
Team, Cardiac Team or Stroke Team, which are designed to address routine
“emergencies.” The HERT is designed for disaster or crisis response for incidents

that may impact hospital operations brief in duration (e.g., explosion, fire, mul-
tiple gunshot victims) or may be prolonged over a period of days or weeks (e.g.,

floods, severe weather, pandemics). For our purposes we will define a crisis as a
rapidly occurring event for which there are not established policies, procedures
or protocols.