Emergency Management Tip: Evacuation training
Emergency Management Alert, October 6, 2009
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The emergency management coordinator typically coordinates training and exercises for emergency evacuation. Hospitals have traditionally exercised emergency evacuation as a response to a fire. Most of the time, the incident is contained quickly, perhaps requiring a horizontal evacuation. However, in a catastrophic event, it is possible your facility will have to conduct a total evacuation. This will activate your hospital incident command system and quickly involve all departments within the organization. You will need help to:
- Move patients
- Set up an alternative care site
- Support the relocation of medical records, equipment, and pharmaceuticals
- Arrange transportation
- Contact families of patients to notify them of their family member's relocation
- Relocate staff members to another facility to support patient care
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