Hospital emergency response teams : triage for optimal disaster response / Jan Glarum, Don Birou, Edward Cetaruk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glarum, Jan F.

Contributor:

Birou, Don.

Cetaruk, Edward.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hospitals--Emergency services.

Hospitals.

Emergency management.

Emergency Service, Hospital--organization & administration.

Triage--organization & administration.

Disaster Planning.

Medical Subjects:

Emergency Service, Hospital--organization & administration.

Triage--organization & administration.

Disaster Planning.

Physical Description:

x, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Burlington, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, [2010]

Summary:

A hospital can continue to function as designed during disasters or unusual events if a Hospital Emergency Responses Team (HERT) protects the facility by establishing and staffing an Emergency Treatment Area. For the first time, here is an entire text dedicated to developing a free-standing operational team capable of protecting the facility and staff. The authors address every component required to build this capacity which if properly designed, is mobile enough to be operated at a remote site, offering the service to less-prepared facilities, or facilities that find themselves overwhelmed due to their close proximity to the disaster epicenter. Not only will your facility gain operational capacity, but it will go a long way toward meeting Joint Commission requirements.

This book covers information that in a crisis situation is crucial to emergency medical service personnel and hospital staff in the emergency department, nursing, clinician, and other technical or support positions. It is also required reading for community public safety personnel or those charged with community-level planning to better understand hospital capabilities and needs in times of disaster.

Key Features

Common sense approach shows what really works, not what is theoretically achievable

Forms, checklists, drills, and guidelines can be used to develop concrete response plans, validate existing operations, or simply expand knowledge base

The latest from OSHA, Joint Commission, and NIMS (National Incident Management System)

Cross-disciplinary author team ensures material is appropriate for all members of this important collaboration

Contents:

Command and control

Assessment of likely mass casualty events and potential hospital impact

Personal protective equipment (PPE)

Emergency treatment area

Triage principles

Decontamination.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781856177016

1856177017

OCLC:

444337269