Nursing Services Orientation

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Emergency Preparedness

Program

Nursing Services OrientationApril 2010


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Emergency Preparedness Program

Key Components of Emergency

Preparedness Program


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Four Foundations

of Emergency Management Program

Mitigation

Preparation

Response

Recovery


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All Hazards Approach ncident !o""andSyste"

!o"prehensive #"ergency Manage"entPlan

Sta$$ Roles and Responsi%ilities

Sel$ Sustaina%ility

&rills and #'ercises

Key Program Components


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What is anAll Hazards Approach?


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All Hazards Approach

(niversity Hospital)s plan addressing a *ide varietyo$ disasters through the i"ple"entation o$ a uni$iedapproach and ncident !o""and

+op $ive potential events identi$ied %y (niversityHospital *hich could activate the &isaster Plan,

n$lu' o$ patients into the hospital

Pande"ic-#pide"ic

(tility .ailure Sno*

.lood


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What is the

Incident Command ystem

and ho! does it !or"?


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Hospital Incident Command

ystem #HIC$

Syste" $or "anaging e"ergent and non/e"ergent

situations

Provides hospitals *ith reuired tools to address theevent

H!S initiated %y an internal-e'ternal event

.le'i%le in scale

Only those positions needed are activated

Ad"inistrative position assu"es role as ncident

!o""ander


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Hospital Incident Command

ystem #HIC$

Overhead page alert, Attention all Hospital Personnel: Incident

Command has been activated. Please return toyour assigned work area. roupise e"ail is sent

!S provides sta$$ direction and "a3es decisionsto ensure sa$ety4

At conclusion o$ event5 overhead page alert,

Attention all Hospital Personnel: IncidentCommand has been concluded. esume normalactivities.


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Comprehensi%e Emergency

Management Plan #CEMP$

!a"pus disaster plan can %e $ound on the ntranet4

#ach depart"ent-unit has a depart"ent speci$ic

disaster %inder 6orange74

8ey ta%s in depart"ent plan %inder are depart"ent/

speci$ic responsi%ilities *hich outline special

response plans and evacuation routes4 #nviron"ent o$ !are Sa$ety 9uic3

Re$erence uide details speci$icresponses $or sta$$ to e"ergencies4


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What is my roleif Incident Command

is acti%ated?


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taff &oles ' &esponsi(ilities

8no* Staging and #vacuation Plans $or patients4

#vacuation Maps posted in all clinical areas

Horizontal and vertical routes

:e $a"iliar *ith #vacuation #uip"ent4

;ocation

(se

:e $a"iliar *ith #"ergency !odes < &esignations4

!hec3 *ith Supervisor $or updates i$ role is not pre/

assigned4


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E%acuation Map E)ample


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E%acuation E*uipment E)amples Paraslyde Stair !hair

#ast +o*er located in euip"ent roo"s

North +o*er located in laundry chute roo"s


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Emergency Codes ' +esignations


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taff &oles ' &esponsi(ilities

Sign up $or N= A;#R+4 &S >/1? descri%es process

Plan $or disasters at ho"e4 @!aring is Preparing

:e a*are 12 hour shi$ts "ay

%e activated4


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Ho! long can ,ni%ersityHospital sustain ser%ices

in an emergency?


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elf ustaina(ility Plan

(niversity Hospital has planned $or sel$

sustaina%ility $or at least BC hours in the $ollo*ing

areas,

!o""unications Resources < Assets

Security < Sa$ety

Sta$$ Manage"ent

(tilities

Manage"ent o$ Patients

&S M/1D descri%es processes4


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Ho! do !ecommunicate during

a disaster e%ent?


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Communications Redundant co""unication syste"s

#"ergency Responders Satellite phones

2/*ay radios

!ell phones

Ha" radios

Nursing Sta$$

Regular phones

Eocera

Red phones located at the Nursing 6!o""unication7 station

on patient unit


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Ho! do !e ma"e sure !e-reprepared for a disaster?


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Mechanisms

&rills

#'ercises

+racers

;ive #vents


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