Outline of Content

Lesson 1 Introduction

Lesson 2 Organization of the Health System
General organization
Classification of medical care centers

Lesson 3 Organization of First Level Care at the Disaster Site
Minimal standards of organization
Role of mobile hospitals
Search and rescue units
Triage and tagging of casualties

Lesson 4 Organization of Rural Health Services for Disaster Situations
Limitations
The community

Lesson 5 Organization of Health Care Facilities for Disaster Situations
General principles
Plans for internal and external disasters
Purpose, objectives, characteristics of the plan
Basic services
Structure of the plan

Lesson 6 Implementing the Disaster Plan in a Health Care Facility
Activating the plan
Communications
Emergency unit or ward
Security
Disaster committee
Administration
Triage
Treatment areas
Medical-surgical support
Administrative services
Expanding capacity
Termination of the disaster plan

Lesson 7 Updating and Evaluating the Hospital Disaster Management Plan
Purpose of evaluating and updating
Methods
Drills
Simulation exercises
Performance audits