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close this bookHealth Services Organization in the Event of Disaster (PAHO-OPS, 1983, 118 p.)
close this folderChapter 6: Implementing the plan in hospitals
View the documentGeneral objectives of the plan
Open this folder and view contentsActivating the plan
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View the documentFamily information center
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View the documentCapacity and general means of attaining the objectives
View the documentIdentification of hospital staff
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View the documentArrival of casualties by air
View the documentAmbulance fleet
View the documentPress area
View the documentDirector of the public relations office
View the documentMorgue
View the documentWorkday
View the documentWomen's volunteer corps
View the documentGeneral coordination instructions
View the documentActivities of other divisions, departments, or units
View the documentCoordinator's instructions to all units and departments
View the documentFinal considerations
View the documentTermination of the disaster plan

Women's volunteer corps

The head of the corps will prepare a list of available personnel and of the shifts that they can serve in each of the hospital's units.

The director of the corps will be responsible for the work of her staff, who, in addition to their regular duties, will work in close cooperation with the personnel section and with the biostatistics, social work, and public relations units.

The special duties of the women's volunteer corps are as follows:

1) Transportation of patients within the hospital, in close collaboration with the nursing staff.

2) Transportation of patients outside the hospital, accompanying the sick in ambulances when necessary, or in private vehicles if the patients' circumstances permit.

In addition, they will assist in public information, telephone contacts, dietetics, secretarial work, storerooms, the clinical laboratory, and the sterilization unit. They will also assist in the files and in solving wardrobe problems.

The director of the volunteer corps, receiving instructions from the hospital director, will be responsible for establishing uniform criteria on recreational activities for adult and minor patients.