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ED Disaster Preparedness: Tertiary Medical Center Perspective

ED Disaster Preparedness: Tertiary Medical Center Perspective. Alisa Murchek, RN, MS, CEN Associate Director of Nursing, Critical Care and Emergency Services. University of Illinois Medical Center. A Tertiary Care Center Eye Trauma Center for Chicago

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ED Disaster Preparedness: Tertiary Medical Center Perspective

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  1. ED Disaster Preparedness: Tertiary Medical Center Perspective Alisa Murchek, RN, MS, CEN Associate Director of Nursing, Critical Care and Emergency Services

  2. University of Illinois Medical Center • A Tertiary Care Center • Eye Trauma Center for Chicago • Specialty Neuro-Sciences Intensive Care Unit • Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

  3. UIC Plans & Protocols are modeled on the Emergency Management System • Illinois State Medical Disaster Plan and Hospital Emergency Incident Command System (HEICS) using: • Organizational Charts • Job actions sheets • Plan is flexible to adapt to each incident

  4. Activating the Plan • Based on Type of Incident • Biological • Chemical/Decontamination • Mass Casualties (Trauma)

  5. Biological Incident • Victims may present intermittently over a period of days to weeks. • Infectious Disease Service • Toxicology Services • Pharmacy Services • Facilities Personnel

  6. Chemical/Decontamination • Victims will arrive by personal transportation (walk-ins) or by ambulance. • Victims may not enter through ED but through various hospital entrances • Activate UIC Police for Lock-down • Environmental Health and Safety Office to coordinate decontamination team efforts

  7. Mass Casualty Incident (Trauma) • Victims present rapidly usually via ambulance. • Hospital must flex staffing levels upward until all victims are treated. • Usually in active Disaster Plan for hours not days. • Activate incident command, additional staffing, facilities, ITS and finance

  8. Current Capabilities • ED treatment rooms 31 • ED Isolation Rooms 2 fixed, 6 hepa- filtration systems. • Hospital Isolation Rooms 11 fixed, 16 hepa-filtration systems • ED Decontamination – 6 pts per hour surging to 36 - 48 pts per hour.

  9. Surge Space • 10 treatment carts on ground floor of Hospital building utilizing meeting room space for minor treatment. • Activate family waiting area staffed with social workers. • Activate American Red Cross Information Services. • Activate Media Center with PR personnel.

  10. Lessons from E2 • Media • Security • Inter-hospital communications

  11. Addressing Large Numbers of Casualties

  12. Staff Response • Immediate Response is excellent • Sustaining response is challenging

  13. Available Healthcare Workers • 835 Attending Physicians • 875 Residents/Fellows • 900 Nurses (RN/LPN) • How do we distribute staff to sustain disaster response?

  14. Plan for a 10% surge • Use average daily census 320 • Increase by 10% 64 • Plan a caregiver ratio of 1:4 16/shift • A team approach is best • MD/RN/Tech

  15. Decontamination • Single shower unit = 6 ambulatory patients per hour • 3-line unit = 36 ambulatory patients per hour • Combination = 42 ambulatory patients per hour

  16. Surge Space • Within the Hospital • Campus Resources/Buildings • Community Resources

  17. Future Plans • Increase Surge Space • Sustain Response for 72 hours • Away Teams • Decontamination Teams • Pharmaceutical Cache • Hospital Vaccination Response Team • Educational offerings of many types

  18. Summary • Communicate! Resources are often available in unexpected places. • The media is in itself a disaster! Plan appropriately. • Disaster Planning is an Organizational undertaking not the sole responsibility of the ED.

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