DISASTER + MAJOR INCIDENT
BLAST INJURY
PromptList the 4 types of blast injury and likely expected injuries from each category
Response
PromptList important actions you would take prior to the arrival of blast victims
Response1. Activate “External Disaster” Code.
2. Inform hospital administration/ director/ public relations department
3. Clear all non-urgent patients from the waiting room, Admit all stable ED patients to wards
4. Set up a casualty reception triage area outside of the ED
5. Have decontaminating showers ready for no-urgent walking casualties.
6. Prepare Resus bay for urgently injured patients
Remove all unnecessary equipment
Plastic lining for floors
Plastic waste bags - double and labelled radioactive
7. Have ready personal protective equipment
8. Notify Hospital Radiation safety officer
9. Brief all staff on specific roles.
10. Triage the patients using disaster triage (+ who, where). Same triage system for all patients during time of disaster
2. Inform hospital administration/ director/ public relations department
3. Clear all non-urgent patients from the waiting room, Admit all stable ED patients to wards
4. Set up a casualty reception triage area outside of the ED
5. Have decontaminating showers ready for no-urgent walking casualties.
6. Prepare Resus bay for urgently injured patients
Remove all unnecessary equipment
Plastic lining for floors
Plastic waste bags - double and labelled radioactive
7. Have ready personal protective equipment
8. Notify Hospital Radiation safety officer
9. Brief all staff on specific roles.
10. Triage the patients using disaster triage (+ who, where). Same triage system for all patients during time of disaster