MDH-ER DISASTER CONTROL

INSTRUCTIONAL SIMULATION

SITUATION I

SECTION E

You have disposed five patients from the ER since you declared the disaster.  There are still ten patients inside the ER, all of whom are fire victims, stable, and not needing urgent treatment.  You have a list of hospital vacancies.  There are ten private rooms, six semiprivate rooms, two beds in the ICU, five beds in the male surgical ward and three beds in the female surgical wards. 

To decongest the ER, you would NOW order (Select as many as consider indicated):

 26. Transport the fire victims to the available private and semiprivate rooms.

26. Four victims manifested they wanted semi-private accommodation. Thus, they were transported to these rooms. The six other fire victims were transported to the private rooms.

GOOD CHOICE!

END OF PROBLEM