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Hospital Disaster Network Tonda Francis, RN, MSNVice President Regional Healthcare Coordinator Greater Cincinnati Health Council
Overview To coordinate communications regarding the distribution of victims/patients in a mass casualty or hazardous materials situation. Providing expert, factual and timely information in a crisis situation can determine whether the response effort is a success.
Early Notification Early notification and coordination of medical resources among hospitals in the Tristate region are intended to ensure that victims and patients are: • Transported to the facilities most able to quickly stabilize their conditions. • Evenly distributed among the receiving hospitals, especially those closest to the incident • Taken to hospitals that are prepared to manage any decontamination in a manner that protects staff & the facility.
Appropriate UsesSituations that include, but are not limited to:
Hospital Disaster Network Location The Hospital Disaster Network consists of two components. • RADIO - The radio backbone of the system lies with Hamilton County Communications on an 800 trunked system. Radios are present in all ED’s- tone activated. • WEB - The web-based component is Surge-Net; housed on the Health Council website where hospitals enter current LMCI and NDMS data. (www.gchc.org)
Local Mass Casualty Incident (LCMI)ED Capability Status • Red (First Priority) - Patients have serious, life threatening injuries, but are salvageable if immediately transported to a facility to receive lifesaving, definitive care. • Yellow (Second Priority) - Patients have serious, potentially life threatening injuries, but can be managed and stabilized for a short period in the field treatment area. Transport to a facility can be delayed, but not for long. • Green (Third Priority) - Patients have injuries that are not life threatening. Patients can be managed for even a lengthy period of time in the field and will be the last ones transported. • Black (Deceased Patients)
National Disaster Medical System * Information obtained from the Public Health Emergency web site. Our Vision • To serve the Federal response by providing disaster medical care to the nation. Our Mission • It is the mission of the National Disaster Medical System to temporarily supplement Federal, Tribal, State and Local capabilities by funding, organizing, training, equipping, deploying and sustaining a specialized and focused range of public health and medical capabilities. Components of the National Disaster Medical System • Medical response to a disaster area in the form of personnel, teams and individuals, supplies, and equipment. • Patient movement from a disaster site to unaffected areas of the nation. • Definitive medical care at participating hospitals in unaffected areas.
Adult Bed Availability/NDMS StatusPlease enter the number of staffed beds available at 12 hours, 24 hours and 72 hours from the time of request.
Activation Scene commander, hospitals, the Health Council, or dispatch can request activation of the Hospital Disaster Network. • Notification of Hamilton County Communication via radio, landline or cell (Directly or through Dispatch) • Net Control also has the ability to open the Net • Recommend it is opened as early in an incident as possible to allow hospital preparation time.
Once Activated • Hamilton County Communication Center performs a hospital roll call and provides an overview of the incident and what the hospitals are expected to do, i.e. LMCI or NDMS • Hospitals acknowledge the receipt of the communication and then enters the information into the SurgeNet System. • Once the roll call is complete, HCCC turns over NET CONTROL to the dispatch center at University Air/Mobile Care. They will bring up the SurgeNet and establish communications with the Scene Transportation Officer. • The transportation officer is to track number, level (red, yellow, green), of victims and where the hospital they are transported to.
Activated, cont’d • Net Control notifies the Hospital the number of victims, transporting agency, ETA, and the triage level. • The hospital should acknowledge receipt of this information (# of victims, transporting agency, ETA & triage level). • The hospital is to update capability in SurgeNet frequently as not to become overwhelmed unnecessarily. • Net Control will remind hospitals to update their status on a frequent basis.
Activated, cont’d • The Transport Officer is to notify Net Control when all victims have been transported. • Net Control will notify HCCC the event is over and the Net can be closed. • The Net will be closed and the number of victims per hospital that were transported are to be reconciled between the scene and Net Control.
Scene Responsibility • Upon EMS or Fire arrival at the scene of an incident – notify the Communication Center to OPEN THE HOSPITAL DISASTER NETWORK. • Once the Communication Center opens the Net – the Transportation or Scene to Hospital Coordinator communicates only with Net Control for patient distribution • All other communications between individual squads and hospitals is to cease • Tracks the EMS Agency transporting what type of patients to the hospital.
No Radio Contact? • Contact Hamilton County Communications Center via phone at 513-825-2280 and request the Hospital Disaster Network be opened. • Once the scene transportation officer is established, they can contact Net Control directly via phone at 1-800-826-8100. • Net Control can route patients via: • Radio • Landline • Cell phone
Questions. . . Tonda Francis, RN, MSNVice President Regional Healthcare Coordinator Greater Cincinnati Health Council tfrancis@gchc.org
