The Coalition Surge Test (CST) is designed to help health emergency preparedness coalitions (HEPCs) identify gaps in their surge planning through a low- to no-notice exercise. The CST tests a coalition’s ability to work in a coordinated way to find appropriate destinations for patients using a simulated evacuation.
Based on Lessons Learned from the 2017-2018 CST exercise, modifications have been made to the data collection tools, to make them more user-friendly and applicable to the required HPP performance measures.