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- Mass Casualty Incident or Event (MCI/MCE) A situation in which
a hospital receiving multiple casualties does not have the
resources to deal with the patients simultaneously. McAlister, 2011
Surge Capacity A health facilitys ability to rapidly expand beyond
normal services to meet increased demand for bed space, qualified
personnel, medical services and public health programs in the event
of a large scale disaster. Norman et al, 2012
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- Hospital emergency preparedness and response was inadequate.
Lack of comprehensive plans Lack of training Evolution of MCEs
Learn from the mistakes of others. You cant live long enough to
make them yourselves. Eleanor Roosevelt
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- There is a quantitative relationship between increasing
casualty load and gradual degradation of the level of trauma care
in multiple casualty incidents Norman, 2012
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- Set up EM HICS Owned by Intermedix Provides technology support
to connect heathcare providers, public health agencies, and
emergency management Funded by CDPHE OEPR Requires participation in
a healthcare coalition for integrated, coordinated, and organized
response
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- Emergency preparedness follows the EOP and HICS Enhance the EOP
Improve hospital emergency preparedness Ensure quality of care
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- Improve hospital emergency preparedness for Saint Anthony
Hospital Quicker response Staff is more comfortable with Hospital
Incident Command (HICS) Better management of the event
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- Evaluate EM HICS Survey HICS during debriefing Implement EM
HICS Used during an active shooter exercise Provide staff training
Provided during routine emergency preparedness meetings Set up EM
HICS database Contact databaseAssign HICS positionsSet up initial
job actionsInsert files into IRGs
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- Incident Commander Operations Section Chief Staging Area
Manager Security Branch Director Medical Director Nursing Services
Director Planning Section ChiefLogisitics Section Chief
Communication Unit Leader Facilities Unit Leader Admin/Finance
Section Chief Scribe Public Information Officer Safety
OfficerLiaison Officer
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- Required as part of the health care coalition Mostly data entry
which is time consuming No stakeholders
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- Data entry completed Results following implementation and
evaluation
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- Databases entered into EM HICS No data collected
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- Enhance EOP Notification Guidance Organization
Communication
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- Funding canceled further development Time and effort Web based
Acceptance
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- Adopted throughout all Colorado hospitals Required for the
Foothills Health Care Coalition
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- Relationship experience Application to my workplace
Contribution to Public Health Improve emergency preparedness and
response Assure quality health care
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- Core competencies strengthened Development of plans to support
health efforts Assurance of the provision of health care Evaluation
of effective, accessible, and quality health services Concentration
competencies strengthened Application of programming planning
principles Monitor and evaluation of program effectiveness
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- Other competencies Environmental Health Public Health
Management Biostatistics/Epidemiology
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- Learn from the mistakes of others. You cant live long enough to
make them yourselves.
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