EXTERNAL DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS PLAN
I. DISASTER OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL
The Scene Response Team
will be paged. This team is composed of qualified physicians, nurses, ambulance
driver, and orderlies. This team will
respond when there is a call for such services.
[This will form part of the social responsibility program of the
Hospital.]
The functions of the
Team are:
1.
To perform on
scene triage classification and to determine priority in transportation to any hospital.
2.
To render
life-saving first-aid measures.
3.
To direct the
proper transportation of the injured to any designated hospital.
4.
To tag all
patients given treatment at the scene.
On each tag should
be stated medication and
treatment given.
II. PATIENT INFLUX DISASTER
The MDH Emergency Room Officer
will declare the disaster. He may page for the Code White Team. He may activate the departmental preparedness
plans.
The triage is the key to
effective management of a sudden inflow of disaster casualties. The principal objectives are:
1.
To receive the
disaster victims.
2.
To make a rapid
classification (not identification) of casualties and conduct them to appropriate treatment areas:
Black – for non-salvageable patients
Green – for primary care patients or
classified as priority three
Yellow – for acute care patients or
classified as priority two
Red – for critical care patients or
classified as priority one
INTERNAL DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS PLAN
I. Fires, Explosions,
Earthquake, and Bomb Threats
Any hospital personnel
may declare the presence of the disaster.
The Disaster Control Officer and the Hospital Director or his
representative must be notified.
Code RED Team and/or Code TANGO will be paged
depending on the type of disaster. Code
White Team may also be called. The
departmental disaster preparedness plans may also have to be activated.
II. Strikes
The Hospital Director
will declare strike as a disaster.