1Preface
1179.2.14 Track your Strategy
2Chapter - 1 Hospitals and Disasters
1189.2.15 Audit your Front Desk
31.1 History of hospitals
1199.3 Exercise
41.2 The modern hospital: 1.2.1 Bed Number and Length of Stay
120Chapter - 10 ICU Management in Disasters
51.3 Ownership and control
12110.1 Scope
61.4 Financing
12210.2 Co-ordination and management
71.5 The general hospital
12310.2.1 For Effective Co-ordination and Management, Every Hospital Shall Have
81.6 Tuberculosis and leprosy hospitals
12410.2.2 Planning, Training, and Drill
91.7 Mental health facilities
12510.3 Information, communication, and documentation
101.8 Long-term-care facilities
12610.3.1 Information and Communication
111.9 Private hospitals
12710.3.2 Documentation
121.10 The hospice
12810.4 Safety and security
131.11 Mission hospitals
12910.5 Human Resource
141.12 Extended health care
13010.6 Logistic, supply and finance management
151.12.1 Regional Planning
13110.7 Continuity of essential support service
161.12.2 Disaster Overview
13210.8 Triage
171.13 Exercise
13310.9 Surge capacity of medical response
18Chapter - 2 Basic Disaster Terminologies
13410.11 Patient handling
192.1 Classification of Terrorist Threats
13510.12 Volunteer involvement and management
202.1.1 Chemical
13610.13 Area level networking of hospital
212.1.2 Biological
13710.14 Co-ordination and Collaboration with Wider Disaster Preparedness Initiatives
222.1.3 Radiological
13810.15 Exercise
232.1.4 Nuclear
139Chapter - 11 Fire Safety in Hospitals
242.1.5 Explosive
14011.1 Scope
252.2 Planning and Co-ordination
14111.2 Expected levels of fire safety
262.2.1 Co-ordination Among Local, Regional, State, and Federal Entities
14211.3 Structural elements of fire safety
272.2.2 Regionalization
14311.3.1 Open Spaces
282.2.3 Communications
14411.3.2 Basement
292.2.4 Veterans Health Administration
14511.3.3 Means of Escape/Egress
302.3 Training and Disaster Drills: 2.3.1 Hospital Training and Drills
14611.3.4 Internal Staircases
312.4 Professional Training Curricula
14711.3.5 Protected Staircases
322.5 Protecting the Hospital and Staff
14811.3.6 External Staircases
332.5.1 Protecting the Hospital
14911.3.7 Horizontal Exits
342.5.2 Protecting Staff
15011.3.8 Exit Doors
352.6 Exercise
15111.3.9 Corridors and Passageways
36Chapter - 3 Hazard Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
15211.3.10 Compartmentation
373.1 Introduction
15311.3.11 Ramps
383.1.1 Purpose
15411.3.12 Service Shafts/Ducts
393.1.2 Scope
15511.3.13 Openings in Separation Walls and Floors
403.1.3 Planning Assumptions
15611.3.14 Fire Stop or Enclosure of Openings
413.1.4 Methodology and Results
15711.4 Exercise
423.2 Summary
158Chapter - 12 Design and Safety of Hospital Buildings
433.3 Exercise
15912.1 Scope
44Chapter - 4 Concept of Safe Hospital
16012.2 Platform criteria
454.1 Introduction
16112.3 Design Standards
464.2 Challenges
16212.4 Structural elements
474.3 Safe hospital framework
16312.5 New Health Facilities
484.3.1 Target Audience
16412.6 Structural Systems
494.3.2 Scope
16512.6.1 Material
504.4 The vision of the safe hospital
16612.6.2 Use of Structural Walls
514.4.1 Goals and Objectives
16712.6.3 Base Isolation Systems
524.4.2 Expected Results
16812.6.4 Prohibited Structural Systems
534.5 Components of the safe hospitals
16912.7 Structural Configuration - Regular Structural Configurations
544.5.1 Policies, Legislation, and Norms
17012.8 Structural Analysis
554.5.2 Co-ordination and Service Delivery
17112.8.1 Soil-Foundation System
564.5.3 Resource Management
17212.8.2 Structural Design
574.5.4 Knowledge and Information Management
17312.9 Existing Health Facilities
584.5.5 Guiding Principles For Implementation of The Safe Hospital Framework in Countries
17412.9.1 Building Configuration
594.6 Support from global partners for country implementation
17512.9.2 Level of Earthquake Shaking to be Considered
604.7 Exercise
17612.9.3 Structural Design
61Chapter - 5 Prehospital Care
17712.10 Nonstructural elements
625.1 Introduction
17812.11 Design strategy
635.2 Select Instruments And Guidelines
17912.12 Non-structural system
645.3 A conceptual framework for PEMS assessment tool
18012.12.1 False Ceilings
655.3.1 Content of Proposed Assessment Tool
18112.12.2 Structural Glazing
665.3.2 Administration of the Tool - a Proposed Approach
18212.12.3 Design Guidelines – Displacement-Sensitive NSEs
675.3.3 Survey of Ambulances and PEMS Stations
18312.13 Enabling Environment Towards Ensuring Hospital Safety
685.3.4 In-depth Interviews
18412.13.1 Certified Artisans and Licensed Engineers
695.3.5 Advantages and Limitations of the Proposed Tool
18512.13.2 Planning, Design, and Construction
705.4 Summary
18612.14 Accountability
715.5 Exercise
18712.14.1 Peer Review of Safety of Hospital
72Chapter - 6 Triage and Management of Polytrauma
18812.14.2 Test Facilities
736.1 Introduction
18912.14.3 Pilot Studies
746.2 Triage
19012.15 Miscellaneous
756.3 Pre-hospital triage : 6.3.1 Sort, Assess, Lifesaving intervention, and Treatment/transport
19112.15.1 Instrumentation of Hospital Structures
766.4 In-hospital triage
19212.15.2 Post-Earthquake Assessment of Hospital Structures
776.5 Training and education: 6.5.1 Teaching Models and Environments
19312.15.3 Capacity Building
786.6 Exercise
19412.15.4 Quality Control
79Chapter - 7 Some Important Consideration While Making Hospital Emergency Plans
19512.15.5 Quality Assurance
807.1 Vision
19612.16 Exercise
817.2 Objectives of the guidelines
197Chapter - 13 Disaster Plans for Hospitals
827.3 Scope of the guidelines
19813.1 Overview
837.4 Institutional mechanism
19913.2 Classification of Disasters
847.5 Implementation of guidelines
20013.2.1 Natural Disasters
857.6 Scope of awareness generation for hospital safety
20113.2.2 Man-made Disasters
867.7 Communication goals
20213.3 Need For Disaster Planning And Preventive Measures
877.8 Stakeholder group
20313.4 Key issues in disaster management
887.8.1 Primary Target Group
20413.5 Plan of action for disaster preparedness
897.8.2 Secondary Target Group
20513.6 Phases of hospital emergency disaster management plan: 13.6.1 Pre-disaster Phase
907.8.3 Tertiary Target Group
20613.7 Principles of Hospital Disaster Plan
917.9 Key elements of awareness generation for hospital
20713.8 Staff education and training
927.10 Awareness Generation Exercise
20813.9 Human Resources Development Plan of Doctors and other health staff: 13.9.1 Disaster Preparedness at Various Levels
937.11 Exercise
20913.10 Need for Disaster Management Plan in Hospitals
94Chapter - 8 Hospital Incident Command Structure
21013.10.1 Emergency Plan for Smaller Hospitals
958.1 Introduction
21113.10.2 Hospital Networking
968.2 Emergency management
21213.10.3 Advantages of Hospital Networking
978.3 Incident Command System
21313.11 Information Management: 13.11.1 Health Personnel at Disaster Sites
988.3.1 Incident Command Core Concept System
21413.13 Managing the Relief Camps
998.3.2 Command Structure
21513.14 Mortality surveillance
1008.4 Exercise
21613.15 Nutrition and public health issues: 13.15.1 Data on Diseases of Public Health Importance May Help
101Chapter - 9 Networking of Hospitals
21713.16 Surveillance systems
1029.1 Introduction
21813.17 Exercise
1039.2 Planning your healthcare networking strategy
219Chapter - 14 Licensing and Accreditation
1049.2.1 Use Consistent Branding
22014.1 Scope
1059.2.2 Evaluate the Online Patient Experience
22114.2 Important definitions
1069.2.3 Build a Responsive Website
22214.3 Licensing requirements
1079.2.4 Test Site Speeds
22314.4 Accreditation requirements
1089.2.5 Optimize for the Search Engines
22414.5 Disaster preparedness measures
1099.2.6 Utilize PPC and Display Ads
22514.6 Disaster mitigation measures
1109.2.7 Leverage Social Media (the right way)
22614.7 Licensing requirements
1119.2.8 Ask for Reviews
22714.8 Capacity building
1129.2.9 Follow up with Patient Feedback
22814.9 Exercise
1139.2.10 Look Into Traditional Media Options
229Appendix
1149.2.11 Build Doctor Referrals
230Glossary
1159.2.12 Check-in with Current Patients
231List of Abbreviations
1169.2.13 Become an Authority in your Field
232Index
