RT Book, Section
A1 Walls, Jeffrey G.
A1 Farmer, J. Christopher
A2 Hall, Jesse B.
A2 Schmidt, Gregory A.
A2 Wood, Lawrence D.H.
SR Print(0)
ID 2297257
T1 Chapter 9. Preparedness for Catastrophe
T2 Principles of Critical Care, 3e
YR 2005
FD 2005
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071416405
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=2297257
RD 2023/03/31
AB The  intensive  care  unit  medical  director  should  play  an  active  role  in  each  hospital's  disaster  planning.The  Joint  Commission  on  Accreditation  of  Healthcare  Organizations  requires  that  each  hospital  develop,  implement,  and  regularly  test  a  disaster  plan.A  hazard  vulnerability  analysis  should  be  conducted  by  each  hospital  to  identify  threats  to  care  of  patients  specific  to  its  region.Preparation  should  coordinate  all  community  resources  and  not  be  focused  on  a  single  ICU  or  hospital.Each  ICU  medical  director  should  identify  his  or  her  role  within  the  emergency  command  structure  (typically  the  hospital  emergency  incident  command  system).Back-up  methods  of  communication  such  as  walkie-talkies  should  be  acquired  and  tested  to  ensure  reliable  communication  between  the  ICU  and  the  hospital  command  center.A  pool  of  potential  volunteer  ICU  medical  personnel  should  be  identified  prior  to  a  disaster  and  mechanisms  put  into  place  to  provide  emergency  credentialing.An  active  disaster  education  program  should  be  created  to  keep  all  ICU  personnel  up  to  date.Participation  in  realistic  disaster  exercises  is  important  to  identify  problems  within  each  hospital's  plan  and  to  reinforce  education.