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.