 Mass Casualty Incident or Event (MCI/MCE) › “A situation in which a hospital receiving multiple casualties does not have the resources to deal with the patients simultaneously.” McAlister, 2011  Surge Capacity › “A health facility’s ability to rapidly expand beyond normal services to meet increased demand for bed space, qualified personnel, medical services and public health programs in the event of a large scale disaster.” Norman et al, 2012

 Hospital emergency preparedness and response was “inadequate.” › Lack of comprehensive plans › Lack of training › Evolution of MCEs “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them yourselves.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“There is a quantitative relationship between increasing casualty load and gradual degradation of the level of trauma care in multiple casualty incidents” Norman, 2012

 Set up EM HICS › Owned by Intermedix  Provides technology support to connect heathcare providers, public health agencies, and emergency management › Funded by CDPHE OEPR  Requires participation in a healthcare coalition for integrated, coordinated, and organized response

 Emergency preparedness follows the EOP and HICS  Enhance the EOP  Improve hospital emergency preparedness  Ensure quality of care

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 Improve hospital emergency preparedness for Saint Anthony Hospital › Quicker response › Staff is more comfortable with Hospital Incident Command (HICS) › Better management of the event

Evaluate EM HICS Survey HICS during debriefing Implement EM HICS Used during an active shooter exercise Provide staff training Provided during routine emergency preparedness meetings Set up EM HICS database Contact databaseAssign HICS positionsSet up initial job actionsInsert files into IRGs

Incident Commander Operations Section Chief Staging Area Manager Security Branch Director Medical Director Nursing Services Director Planning Section ChiefLogisitics Section Chief Communication Unit Leader Facilities Unit Leader Admin/Finance Section Chief Scribe Public Information Officer Safety OfficerLiaison Officer

 Required as part of the health care coalition  Mostly data entry which is time consuming  No stakeholders

 Data entry completed  Results following implementation and evaluation

 Databases entered into EM HICS  No data collected

 Enhance EOP › Notification › Guidance › Organization  Communication

 Funding canceled further development  Time and effort  Web based  Acceptance

 Adopted throughout all Colorado hospitals  Required for the Foothills Health Care Coalition

 Relationship experience › Application to my workplace  Contribution to Public Health › Improve emergency preparedness and response › Assure quality health care

 Core competencies strengthened › Development of plans to support health efforts › Assurance of the provision of health care › Evaluation of effective, accessible, and quality health services  Concentration competencies strengthened › Application of programming planning principles › Monitor and evaluation of program effectiveness

 Other competencies › Environmental Health › Public Health Management › Biostatistics/Epidemiology

“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them yourselves.”

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