Disaster Management In Hospital Setting. Disaster management in hospital setting 1. Rural communities aged persons women children disabled persons mentally ill persons refugees homes for the aged homes for the disabled informal.
The first chapter provides an overview of disaster management concepts of hospital emergency planning and issues of coordination and networking both for pre hospital and hospital care. In addition emergency plans need to be coordinated at the local community level based on the individual needs of the. Assessing staffing supply equipment needs in patient care settings 14.
Hospital based emergency care addresses the difficulty of balancing the roles of hospital based emergency and trauma care not simply urgent and lifesaving care but also safety net care for uninsured patients public health surveillance disaster preparation and adjunct care in the face of increasing patient volume and limited resources.
Emergency disaster situations occurring outside the hospital in which the hospital is expected to assist such as in terms of response and recovery activities external emergency disaster situations with patients coming into the hospital resulting in an internal emergency disaster situation for whatever reasons e g highly transmissible. Disaster management at site and at hospital 1. Disaster management guidelines for medical preparedness and mass casualty management brought out by national disaster management authority ndma. Zaboli et al 2006 noted that disasters cause healthcare systems and settings particularly hospitals serious disruption to health care services 8.
