Health Services Organization in the Event of Disaster (PAHO): Chapter 6: Implementing the plan in hospitals: Activities of other divisions, departments, or units

Health Services Organization in the Event of Disaster (PAHO)

Chapter 6: Implementing the plan in hospitals

		General objectives of the plan
		Activating the plan
		Triage
		Resources for the triage area
		Casualty identification criteria
		Human resources
		Family information center
		Medical and support services
		Capacity and general means of attaining the objectives
		Identification of hospital staff
		Transportation of hospital staff
		Arrival of casualties by air
		Ambulance fleet
		Press area
		Director of the public relations office
		Morgue
		Workday
		Women's volunteer corps
		General coordination instructions
		Activities of other divisions, departments, or units
		Coordinator's instructions to all units and departments
		Final considerations
		Termination of the disaster plan

Activities of other divisions, departments, or units

The head of the medical education division, acting in collaboration with the chief of residents and interns, and taking into account the magnitude of the emergency, will distribute all residents and interns in the best possible way with the aim of covering the immediate requirements in the surgical and medical units.

For security reasons, and in order to exercise better control, certain very important areas of the hospital will be declared off limits and monitored by their own personnel and security staff. These areas contain: boilers, the emergency power plant, the oxygen plant, the fuel tank, and water tanks.