Hospital Emergency Response Teams

Hospital Emergency Response Teams
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Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Total Pages : 253
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ISBN-10 : 9780080964959
ISBN-13 : 0080964958
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Book Synopsis Hospital Emergency Response Teams by : Jan Glarum

Download or read book Hospital Emergency Response Teams written by Jan Glarum and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2009-11-19 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. - Common sense approach shows what really works, not what is theoretically achievable - Forms, checklists, 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 member of this important collaboration


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