Biomedical Engineering Reference
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8. Technical radio person reports to hospital
radio room and provides support as required.
9. Disaster cart and two technicians to emer-
gency department for support.
10. Allocate one staff member to radiology emer-
gency calls.
11. Allocate one staff member to biomedical
emergency calls.
12. If decon is required—decon support team
responds to emergency department to support
decon activities.
13. If internal disaster—two members of CLE to
area affected by internal disaster to support
medical equipment issues—may request other
resources from senior person.
14. If significant event (earthquake, etc.) roving
checks of ORs and ICUs are initiated to assist
with equipment issues—one technician team
to OR and PACU, one team to upper ICUS and
workdown, third teamto lower ICUSandwork
up. Imaging team to radiology.
15. Assure internal infrastructure in clinical areas
is functional—emergency power, medical
gasses, network, telephone, etc.
17. Assist at command center with phones,
radios, medical equipment needs, etc.
18. All staff to maintain communication of activ-
ities and issues to senior person at command
center.
19. Consider length of incident—determine over-
time needs or stop time and break staff
into two teams
for continued 24 hour
coverage.
20. Consider overnight coverage—send staff
home for rest prior to need—relief staff early
in am.
21. Debrief after incident.
22. Document the good, the bad and ideas for
improvement.
References
1. http://www.engineering.com/content/Content
Display?contentld=41009033
2. (www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org)
3. www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/columbine.cd/
frameset.exclude.html
4. (www.chron.com/allison)
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Atlantic_
hurricane_season
6. http://www.redcross.org/services/prepare/
0,1082,0_ 77_,00.html
16.
Initiate activation of key service vendors to
respond to hospital.
