HOSPITAL OPERATIONAL PREPAREDNESS FOR EMERGENCIES(HOPE)

IDEA HOPE – HOSPITAL OPERATIONAL PREPAREDNESS FOR EMERGENCIES

HOPE for dealing with future emergencies in an organized way and hence more lives can be saved. Total Duration of training programme is 5 Days.

1. HERO or HOPE – I or – Basic - 1 day Role of Person within the Department (Personal Preparedness)

2.HOPE – II –Intermediate – 2days Role of Department within the Hospital (Departmental / Unit Preparedness)

Target Audience:

- Nursing Incharges
- Doctors
- HOD’s
- Engineer – Maintenance
- Security Incharges
- Emergency Medicine Resident

Schedule/ Contents:

- Preparation and Implementation of Hospital Disaster Management Plan: Focus on Emergency Health Services
- Disaster Management :key concepts of hazard, vulnerability, risk and capacity & DM Act and policy
–implications for health sector (HDMP in lines with DDMP)
- Disaster Management cycle and its various phases
- Constituents of hospital Safety / Functionality
- Case Studies/lessons learnt :- Hospitals and Disasters
- Hospital DM plan :- Key Steps, Component and standards
- Structural & Nonstructural Mitigation Measures
- Protecting medical equipment and contents to maintain functionality
- Preparing checklist for hospital safety
- Management of Dead bodies and Medico legal formalities
- Training of hospital staff and mock drills, Skill matrix for all health workers
- Health information system: monitoring and evaluation
- Protecting utility systems critical to maintaining functionality
- Evacuation Strategy : Especially from Critical Care units
- Personal Protective Equipment,Decon Shower, Waste management
- How to do Drill Evaluation, Feedback & Cold Wash
- Hospital building seismic performance for maintaining functionality - Easy RVS
- Protocols for CBRN preparedness in facilities
- Trauma care ,psycho-social care issues
- SOP for Mass Casualty Management,
- Life and Fire Safety

3. HOPE – III–Advanced – 2 days Role of Hospital within the Community (Hospital Preparedness)

Target Audience:

- Finance
- HR
- Administration
- HOD’s
- Senior Level doctors
- Community Leaders
- Medical Superintendent
- Hospital owner

Schedule/ Contents:

- Introduction to necessary components for post-event functionality
- Roles and functions of hospitals in health Emergencies
- Development of Hospital Incident Command System (HICS vs HEICS vs HIRS)
- Keeping the Hospitals Functional During Disasters
- Effective use of community volunteers in disaster times
- Networking with health and other machineries
- Monitoring the implementation of hospital disaster management plan
- Staff preparedness for maintaining functionality
- Restoring Back to Normalcy
- Preparation of SOP for all health staff Cadre wise
- Extended Out of Hospital community service in Disasters
- Re-updating your HDMP
- Hazard profile of your Area from National Profile –
- An exercise – How much you are exposed?
- Risk Management Decision-making for Health Facilities
- Hospital Networking
- Hazards specific hospital preparedness
- Way forward for hospitals in the country- Accreditation, fire clearances and Building Laws and NDMA guidelines