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After-Action Review — Emergency or Drill

Four questions, answered within 72 hours by the people who were there. What was supposed to happen, what happened, why the difference, what we change

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After-Action Review — Emergency or Drill

What it is

The after-action review for any real incident or drill: timeline, the four questions, strengths to keep, gaps with owners and dates, and the update to the plan.

Where to use it

Within 72 hours of any activation or drill; chaired by someone who was not the incident commander; to the board within two weeks. Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — emergency preparedness (exercise and review); Governance — improvement. Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — emergency preparedness (exercise and review); Governance — improvement. Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — emergency preparedness (exercise and review); Governance — improvement. Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — emergency preparedness (exercise and review); Governance — improvement. Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — emergency preparedness (exercise and review); Governance — improvement. Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — emergency preparedness (exercise and review); Governance — improvement. Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — emergency preparedness (exercise and review); Governance — improvement.

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English master edition. Georgian and other translations are added as they are clinically reviewed. Any facility may translate, add its logo and adapt wording to local practice — keeping the ASF block, the source attribution and the licence line on the sheet. Clinical thresholds and drug doses must be confirmed against national protocols before use.

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