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It explains how exercise leadership authorizes the need to train, appoints an Exercise Director, and forms an Exercise Planning Team that plans while not acting as players. It also covers conducting combined concept-and-objectives and initial meetings, selecting the scenario, objectives, modules, discussion questions, and identifying participant roles across hospitals, EMS, emergency management, public health, and pediatric subject-matter experts.","Preface\nThe Pediatric Surge Annex Tabletop Exercise (TTX) Toolkit Template has been developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE). It can be used by healthcare coalitions (HCCs) to enhance operational area awareness and capability in order to effectively address the needs of children as part of a whole community emergency response framework. It can also be utilized to satisfy Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) requirements for the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) Cooperative Agreement.\nThe HCCs are not required to use this template and may conduct a pediatric surge annex exercise using any acceptable Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEPP) compliant format.\nThis toolkit template is intended to be edited and modified by the HCC Exercise Planning Team to satisfy the concepts and objectives each HCC intends to test based on gaps identified during the development of the pediatric surge annex. Blue text boxes and bracketed sections are included throughout the document and serve as notes to planners and prompts to enter your own text. Please delete those boxes and bracketed areas once final decisions and text has been crafted.\nThe complete toolkit template includes the following supporting materials for conducting a Pediatric Surge Annex TTX:\nStep by Step Guide to Implementing the Pediatric Surge Annex Tabletop Exercise Template (this document) (\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-step-by-step-guide-to-implementing-the-pediatric-surge-annex-ttx-template-final.pdf\" \u0014Compliant PDF\u0015, \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-step-by-step-guide-to-implementing-the-pediatric-surge-annex-ttx-template-final.docx\" \u0014DOC\u0015)\nSituation Manual (\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-pediatric-surge-annex-tabletop-exercise-sitman-final.pdf\" \u0014Compliant PDF\u0015, \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-pediatric-surge-annex-tabletop-exercise-sitman-final.docx\" \u0014DOC\u0015)\nPediatric Surge Annex Tabletop Exercise Presentation (\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-pediatric-surge-plan-annex-tabletop-template-presentation-final.pdf\" \u0014Compliant PDF\u0015, \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/ASPR-TRACIE-Pediatric-Surge-Plan-Annex-Tabletop-Template-Presentation-Final.pptx\" \u0014PowerPoint\u0015)\nParticipant Feedback Form (\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-pediatric-surge-annex-ttx-participant-feedback-form-final.pdf\" \u0014Compliant PDF\u0015, \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-pediatric-surge-annext-ttx-participant-feedback-form-final.docx\" \u0014DOC\u0015)\nSign-in Form (\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-pediatric-surge-annex-ttx-sign-in-sheet-final.pdf\" \u0014Compliant PDF\u0015, \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-pediatric-surge-plan-annex-sign-in-sheet-final.docx\" \u0014DOC\u0015)\nASPR TRACIE developed a \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-hcc-pediatric-surge-annex-template-final-508.pdf\" \u0014HCC Pediatric Surge Annex Template\u0015 and has many \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://asprtracie.hhs.gov/hcc-resources\" \u0014additional resources for HCCs\u0015 and \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://asprtracie.hhs.gov/technical-resources/31/pediatric-children/0\" \u0014pediatric planners\u0015. For more information, visit \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://asprtracie.hhs.gov\" \u0014https://asprtracie.hhs.gov\u0015 or contact our Assistance Center at 1-844-5-TRACIE or \u0013 HYPERLINK \"mailto:askasprtracie@hhs.gov\" \u0014askasprtracie@hhs.gov\u0015. \u000f\nSteps to Preparing and Conducting a           Successful Exercise\nStep 1: Determine the need to exercise and receive approval from leadership to proceed\nIdentify the Exercise Director.\nReview the HCC’s Pediatric Surge Annex.\nStep 2: Exercise Director con","cbCaitsHjRsIEoaf","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitsHjRsIEoaf","docx",1131127,7,"English","en",105,"# Step 1: Determine the need to exercise and receive approval from leadership to proceed\n## Identify the Exercise Director\n## Review the HCC’s Pediatric Surge Annex\n# Step 2: Exercise Director convenes an Exercise Planning Team (EPT)\n## Planning team roles and attendance expectations\n# Step 3: Convene a combined Concept and Objectives and Initial Planning Meeting with the EPT\n## Set date, time, location and initial objectives\n## Select scenario, modules, discussion questions\n## Identify facilitator and participants","[{\"question\":\"Who is responsible for initiating the exercise planning process, and what first steps are required?\",\"answer\":\"The leadership must approve the need to exercise and the Exercise Director should be identified. 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