Hospital Emergency Response Teams: Triage for Optimal Disaster Response

by Jan Glarum, Don Birou, Ed Cetaruk

Overview

Hospital Emergency Response Teams aims to provide authoritative training for hospital personnel in the emergency department, as well community-level medical service personnel, assisting them in times of disaster and emergency. Comprised of six chapters, the book covers various aspects of emergency response. Some of the aspects are the National Incident Management System (NIMS) implementation activities for hospitals and health care systems and the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) IV missions. The book also explains the implementation issues, requirements, and timelines in establishing an internal HICS IV program. It presents the assessment of likely mass casualty events and potential hospital impact. The book also features appendices for emergency response team checklists, PPE donning and doffing guide, ambulatory and non-ambulatory decontamination setup, ETA exercises, and ETA drills.The book is intended to provide understanding of emergency response to first emergency medicine professionals, first responders, security staff, community-level disaster planners, and public health and disaster management researchers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781856177016
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	12/10/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jan Glarum has over 35 years of experience in the fields of EMS, Fire, Law Enforcement, Hospital, Public Health, and Emergency Management, including response to federally declared disasters. His experience includes an extensive background in planning, training, education and response at the local, county, regional, state and federal government levels, including Department of Defense initiatives CONUS and OCONUS. In 1999, he became a founding member of Oregon’s Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) and continues his association with the team.

He has co-authored a number of books including Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, Hospital Emergency Response Teams, Pandemic Influenza and a Homeland Security Field Guide. Additionally, he has written numerous articles on emergency and disaster planning and response. He serves as a subject matter expert and speaker on emergency management, disaster planning, and has led hospital emergency response team development for hazardous materials events. He has developed a number of Incident Command System courses for hospital personnel to create operationally competent Incident Management Team members.

Table of Contents

1. Command and Control 2. Assessment of Likely Mass Casualty Events and Potential Hospital Impact Planning 3. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) 4. Emergency Treatment Area 5. Triage Principles 6. Decontamination 7. Special Circumstances

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Practical and achievable answers to the dilemmas facing hospitals in times of disaster!

Editorial Reviews

"...an excellent starting point for someone about to embark on the process of building a decontamination program in his or her facility." —Anjanette Hebert, Director of Security and Safety, Lafayette General Medical Center, Lafayette, LA

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