Does your hospital’s Security Plan include: A procedure to secure the hospital to manage the influx of contaminated and non-contaminated patients? Working with local law enforcement and public safety officers to preserve and secure evidence, 4. contaminated patient belongings, and specimens? A procedure to interface with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to interview patients, gather evidence, and investigate the incident? Addressing the possibility that the perpetrators are among the injured? Does your hospital have a Fatality Management Plan that addresses: Integration with and state medical examiner or coroner? Preservation of evidence and chain of custody? Religious and cultural concerns? 5. Management of contaminated decedents? Family notification procedures? Behavioral health support for family and staff? Documentation? Does your hospital consult with pre identified resident experts to obtain needed assistance; Poison 6. Control Center; Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS) and Radiation Emergency Medical Management (REMM), for assessment and treatment guidelines? Does your hospital have the ability to determine the isotope involved and how this information will be 7. obtained in order to guide further necessary treatments? Does your hospital have "always on" radiation portal detection and procedures to assess victims of any 8. explosion for radiation? Does your hospital have procedures to assess patients for potential internal contamination swabs, 9. use of gamma camera, urine collection, etc.)? Does your hospital interface with local emergency medical services to transport and evaluate other victims 10. who are potentially non-contaminated to alternate care sites? Does your hospital have plans in place to safely contain areas of secondary contamination within the 11. hospital (walk off mats, cordons, etc.) and contracts in place for assessment, cleanup, and restoration? Does your hospital have a process to provide accurate and continuous incident documentation, computerized or manual, including: 12. Patient care? Incident management (Incident Action Plan, Hospital Incident Command System forms, etc.)? Incident related expenses? Extended Operations and System Recovery Does your hospital have criteria to prioritize business continuity and recovery activities including: 1. Repair and decontamination of the hospital? Reevaluation of your hospital’s ability to continue the medical mission and take corrective actions?
4. Does your hospital’s Security Plan include: A procedure to secure the hospital to manage the influx of contaminated and non-contaminated patients? Working with local law enforcement and public safety officers to preserve and secure evidence, contaminated patient belongings, and specimens? A procedure to interface with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to interview patients, gather evidence, and investigate the incident? Addressing the possibility that the perpetrators are among the injured? 5. Does your hospital have a Fatality Management Plan that addresses: Integration with and state medical examiner or coroner? Preservation of evidence and chain of custody? Religious and cultural concerns? Management of contaminated decedents? Family notification procedures? Behavioral health support for family and staff? Documentation? 6. Does your hospital consult with pre identified resident experts to obtain needed assistance; Poison Control Center; Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS) and Radiation Emergency Medical Management (REMM), for assessment and treatment guidelines? 7. Does your hospital have the ability to determine the isotope involved and how this information will be obtained in order to guide further necessary treatments? 8. Does your hospital have "always on" radiation portal detection and procedures to assess victims of any explosion for radiation? 9. Does your hospital have procedures to assess patients for potential internal contamination swabs, use of gamma camera, urine collection, etc.)? 10. Does your hospital interface with local emergency medical services to transport and evaluate other victims who are potentially non-contaminated to alternate care sites? 11. Does your hospital have plans in place to safely contain areas of secondary contamination within the hospital (walk off mats, cordons, etc.) and contracts in place for assessment, cleanup, and restoration? 12. Does your hospital have a process to provide accurate and continuous incident documentation, computerized or manual, including: Patient care? Incident management (Incident Action Plan, Hospital Incident Command System forms, etc.)? Incident related expenses? Extended Operations and System Recovery 1. Does your hospital have criteria to prioritize business continuity and recovery activities including: Repair and decontamination of the hospital? Reevaluation of your hospital’s ability to continue the medical mission and take corrective actions?
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