Overview
What You’ll Learn
- Definitions of emergency and disaster
- Primax Care’s policy approach (compliance, planning, continuity of supports)
- The Person-Centred Emergency Preparedness (P-CEP) model: 8 core topics
- Practical steps, roles, and responsibilities during emergencies
- Documentation and reviewing personal emergency plans
Definitions
- Emergency: A serious, unexpected event posing an immediate risk to health, life, or the environment (e.g. fire, flood, storm, pandemic).
- Disaster: A larger-scale event—natural or human-made—potentially causing extensive harm (e.g. cyclone, bushfire, major outbreak).
- Continuity of Supports: Ensuring participants receive essential services before, during, and after emergencies.
- Person-centred emergency preparedness (P-CEP): A structured approach ensuring each individual’s capabilities, needs, and environment are considered in emergency plans.
