Mutual Aid and Sheltering Agreement Between Participating South Carolina Hospitals (MASA) Presented by: Rickey Herring, CHSP, CHEP, LSCS Greg Reed MASA Introduction • Today’s Speakers • What is a MASA ? • Consider joining the MASA • Still developmental… MASA History • Formed by the Upstate Safety Group (now the SC EC Council) to address SC DHEC requirements for evacuation planning following the Governor’s Order of 1996 – Post Hugo • Addressed DHEC licensure requirements • Standardized timelines and common language • Identified intra regional assets – beds, staffing, supplies equipment • Informal origins, direct contract between hospitals Today’s MASA • 48 SC Hospital membership circa 2011 • 1114 Beds in a WCS (Worse Case Scenario) • Potential sharing of resources • Scalable – Local, Regional, State-wide • Hospital to Hospital or connectible to Jurisdiction, Regional and State EM/Public Health • Participating hospitals convene (SC EC Council) annually to review & update From The Mountains to the Sea Today’s MASA Hospital Membership Requirements • Has current SC DHEC Licensure / CMS Cert. • NIMS-Compliant ICS / Primary Response • 24/7 Emergency Contact • Redundant Communications Today’s MASA Still developmental… • Exercising the MASA (Small Scale Has Been Done) • Transportation Challenges • Patient Referral Challenges • Administering and Activation Challenges MASA Advantages • Intra – Regional to address numbers of patients • Flexibility / Scalability / Integration • Respective Hospital Legal Review Participation • Annual Agreement • Application information ____________________________________ • Rickey Herring 2011 SC EC Coordinator • rherring@ghs.org Thank you! • Rickey Herring - GHS Environment of Care Coordinator – 864-455-6002 or 864-430-6669 • Greg Reed – Director, rherring@ghs.org GHS Environment of Care/Emergency Management – 864-455-5179 or 864-444-7819 greed@ghs.org