regarding patient transportation resources, coordinate with adjacent LEMSA's/OAs for mutual aid resources as necessary May include request for Ambulance Strike Team resources if necessary Consider need for and utilization of FTS/ACS 1050 MS3 C1 NA LEMSA/DHS Ambulatory Acute care hospitals requesting ASCs should activate their DOC Surgery assistance with non-infectious surge plan and respond with Centers minor patients their availability and level of participation 1050 MS3 C1 NA LEMSA/DHS Home Health Acute care hospitals requesting HHH to activate their surge DOC and Hospice available HHH agencies to plan and respond if able to accepts early discharges due to accept new patients surge in patients 1100 Objective Skilled Nursing Licensing and Request for program flex to Licensing and Certification MS3 C1 Facilities Certification meet needs for surge patients approve and support District Office to help hospitals off-load adult program flex patients. 1100 Objective EM02.02.01 Health care Local Health We need guidance describing Local health departments C1 (12) facility infection Department appropriate and necessary coordinate via California prevention staff levels of patient isolation and Conference of Local Health personal protective equipment Officers (CCLHO) with State requirements for staff treating health department and Cal patients with MERS-CoV. OSHA to develop and disseminate guidance 1100 Objective EM02.02.03 Hospitals LEMSA/ Multiple healthcare facilities Provide healthcare facility MS3 P8 (9,10) MHOAC are reporting the need to move sending notification receipt adult patients to other facilities of request within fifteen in order to receive and care for minutes surge of patients - local Communicate and ambulance resources are coordinate with RDMHS, unavailable due to 911 coordination with adjacent requests LEMSA's/OAs for mutual aid resources Request for Ambulance
regarding patient transportation resources, coordinate with adjacent LEMSA's/OAs for mutual aid resources as necessary May include request for Ambulance Strike Team resources if necessary Consider need for and utilization of FTS/ACS 1050 MS3 C1 NA LEMSA/DHS DOC Ambulatory Surgery Centers Acute care hospitals requesting assistance with non-infectious minor patients ASCs should activate their surge plan and respond with their availability and level of participation 1050 MS3 C1 NA LEMSA/DHS DOC Home Health and Hospice Acute care hospitals requesting available HHH agencies to accepts early discharges due to surge in patients HHH to activate their surge plan and respond if able to accept new patients 1100 Objective MS3 C1 Skilled Nursing Facilities Licensing and Certification District Office Request for program flex to meet needs for surge patients to help hospitals off-load adult patients. Licensing and Certification approve and support program flex 1100 Objective C1 EM02.02.01 (12) Health care facility infection prevention staff Local Health Department We need guidance describing appropriate and necessary levels of patient isolation and personal protective equipment requirements for staff treating patients with MERS-CoV. Local health departments coordinate via California Conference of Local Health Officers (CCLHO) with State health department and Cal OSHA to develop and disseminate guidance 1100 Objective MS3 P8 EM02.02.03 (9,10) Hospitals LEMSA/ MHOAC Multiple healthcare facilities are reporting the need to move adult patients to other facilities in order to receive and care for surge of patients - local ambulance resources are unavailable due to 911 requests Provide healthcare facility sending notification receipt of request within fifteen minutes Communicate and coordinate with RDMHS, coordination with adjacent LEMSA's/OAs for mutual aid resources Request for Ambulance
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