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Evacuation Training

"I have done a lot of training over the years and this has to be one of the best. Student evaluations were excellent for each and every session."

South Dakota Department of Health, Hospital Preparedness Coordinator

 

 

 

  

Hazardous Material Incident Plan

An accidental release of hazardous substances is one of the most common disaster-like events hospitals and communities face. If the release results in injuries or contamination, the victims typically receive their initial evaluation and treatment from the closest hospital regardless of the institution’s level of preparedness.

The Hazardous Materials Incident Critical Event Plan Annex is a planning document that augments the hospital’s existing Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) and incorporates the fundamental principles of all-hazards emergency management.  The Hazardous Materials Incident Critical Event Plan Annex provides for proper recognition, notification and plan activation procedures; staff safety, roles and responsibilities; incident management; decontamination area setup; and emergency decontamination procedures. 

OVERVIEW

The hospital forms a cross-functional, multi-disciplinary planning team that can be actively engaged for the duration of the project. The Hazardous Materials Incident Critical Event Plan Annex development process leverages a highly-collaborative planning model that is facilitated by DQE through a series of web-based conference calls and utilizes a proprietary planning template that focuses on:

  • Method to recognize potentially contaminated persons
  • Procedure for safely directing the person out of the hospital to an isolated area for further evaluation
  • Process of notifying persons who are qualified to assess and manage contaminated persons
  • Plan for physical location of contaminated patient staging, decontamination, and Decon Team assembly
  • Personal protective equipment use and protocols
  • Decontamination procedures
  • Security Provisions
  • Post decontamination follow up procedures