MDC Nursing Students’ Participation in 2006 MDH Earthquake Drill
A Report
A total of 128 nursing students of
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Date |
Time |
Activities |
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June 19, 2006 |
8- 10 am |
Lecture on MDH Disaster Preparedness and Response Program and Earthquake Drill |
|
|
10-12 am |
Teaching of patients (inpatients and outpatients at OPD, IMSD, Radiology, and Laboratory) and their relatives (Part 1) |
|
June 20, 2006 |
8-9 am |
Teaching of patients (inpatients and outpatients at OPD, IMSD, Radiology, and Laboratory) and their relatives (Part 2) |
|
|
9-10 am |
Participation in the earthquake drill |
|
|
10-12 |
Self-evaluation; evaluation of patients and relatives taught; assisting of patients and relatives to evaluate; report |
The following topics
were covered in the lecture on MDH Disaster Preparedness and Response Program
and Earthquake Drill
Why be involved in earthquake preparedness and response program in a hospital setting?
Why be involved in MDH earthquake preparedness and response program?
The MDH earthquake preparedness and response program
What to do during an earthquake when you are in MDH
What to do in preparation for the earthquake drill (for themselves and for the patients)
What to do during the earthquake drill (for themselves and for the patients)
How to evaluate yourself, the patients, relatives, and visitors
The following table shows the number of patients taught by the MDC students:
|
Categories of
persons taught |
Number of persons
taught |
|
Inpatients |
At least 131 as reflected in the IEC No. of inpatients on June 19 – 234 (AS); 210 (NSD) No. of inpatients on June 20 – 269 (AS); 217 (NSD) Extrapolation: about 200 inpatients |
|
Outpatients |
20 patients |
|
Relatives of patients |
at least 200 relatives of inpatients at least 20 relatives of outpatients |
Our set targets (number of persons taught) for the 2006 MDH Earthquake Drill:
500 staff
100 patients (both inpatient and outpatient)
100 visitors (including nursing students)
Contribution of MDC nursing students to the set targets:
220 patients – inpatients (200) + outpatients (20)
148 visitors – nursing students (128) + relatives of patients (20)
A memorandum of partnership in MDH Earthquake Preparedness Program was forged on June 19, 2006 between MDH and MDC. This partnership includes partnership in the annual conduct of the MDH earthquake drill as well as in the learning sessions on earthquake preparedness.
Coordinating persons for the MDH Earthquake Drill:
Dr. Reynaldo O. Joson – Chairperson, MDH Disaster Preparedness Committee
Ms. Cynthia C. Quintana – Overall Coordinator, MDC
Ms. Rochelle Romualdo – Coordinator, Disaster Preparedness, MDH Nursing Service Division
Ms. Leonora Comia – Nursing Practice Coordinator, MDH Nursing Service Division
Ms. Frances Cadiz – Quality Assurance Coordinator, MDH Nursing Service Division
Prepared by:
Reynaldo O. Joson, MD
June 26, 2006