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Local/Regional Hospitals

1. The primary responsibility of hospital systems is to perform patient
triage and to expedite treatment and care.

2. Provide a safe environment which includes: decontamination, safe ingress and egress
(facility lockdown), having adequate supplies and resources, coordination of care and resources through other hospital systems, and the protection of staff.

3. Coordinate with EMS and other health providers on patient care capacity.

4. Hospital administrators will develop policy and procedures for activation of hospital disaster plans to ensure adequate staffing and bed capacity to maintain operations at maximum levels.

5. Provide adequate planning for maintaining emergency capabilities under disaster conditions or other episodes of utility service interruption to include but not limited to:

Back up power, sanitation and potable water provisions.

In-house capability or emergency service contracts for utility systems repair, damage stabilization and water/debris removal.

6. Adequately plan for obtaining emergency medical supplies; pharmaceuticals and linens under disaster conditions to include but not limited to:

In-house capability by maintaining back up supplies stored on site; or

Emergency service contracts with medical supply and pharmaceutical vendors.

7. For patient tracking purposes, provide name, age, condition and disposition of patients admitted to respective facilities, who are involved in any disaster/mass-multiple casualty incident hourly
to the EOC once an emergency has been declared by the county.

8. Conduct an internal damage assessment of facilities and determine the status of patients and personnel, communications capabilities, utilities and other essential resources. Relay this information to the medical
group representative in the EOC when it becomes operational.

9. Forward requests for assistance to the medical group representative in the EOC.

10. Provide medical care for the ill and injured at local hospitals, and their clinics and temporary treatment facilities when indicated. Direction and control of emergency operations at these facilities will be in
accordance with NIMS/ICS.

11. Conduct decontamination of patients prior to the delivery of emergency medical care when indicated.

12. Work with public health on community health issues.

US Patent Numbers 7,720,998 B2, 7,836,207