title: New standards issued for disaster planning.
abstract: New accreditation standards require you to work with community agencies as part of preparation for disasters. Invite community first responders to critique your disaster drills. Offer to use your ED as a training site for other agencies. Include jobs for volunteers in your disaster plan.
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000592:standards*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D007318:Inservice Training; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D014481:United States; D014838:Volunteers