This course is intended for administrators handling disaster management, hospital administrators, health care facility managers, emergency department physicians & nurses, public health officials, who are responsible for hospital emergency planning, or any emergencies involving mass casualties that require the major resources of a hospital. With hospitals themselves becoming an ever increasing target of terrorism, such preparedness becomes even more vital. The course focuses on building surplus, redundancy, and organization into the hospital’s response system (infrastructure and personnel) communication capabilities, clinical effectiveness, through didactics, small group discussions, table-top exercises, class assignments and drills.

A group of experts in the field of Hospital emergency management from NewYork Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia and Cornell Universities, along with their affiliate Lifesupporters Institute of Health Sciences have extended their support to the NMIMS University to develop and implement Hospital Emergency & Disaster Preparedness course.