Segments of the Planning "P"
Actions taken when conditions are favorable for development of a tornado (tornado watch)
What are close drapes/blinds and clear hallways and shelter rooms
Number to call to activate response teams
What is 911
A team that responds to a decline of or concerns with patient status
What is the Rapid Response Team (RRT)
A team responding to an adult pulmonary or cardiac arrest
What is Medical Emergency (Code Blue)
Position that identifies potential hazards, safety issues, and provides mitigating strategies.
What is the Safety Officer
Actions taken when Tornado Warning is announced
What are evacuate to sheltered areas or shelter in place and search/verify patients, visitors and staff are accounted for
Responsible person(s) to shut off zones or silence alarms during a Medical Gas Emergency
Who is Respiratory Therapy
A team responding to an adult having chest pain
What is Chest Pain RRT
Threat of bomb in facility
What is Code Black
Position that reviews all Group and Division assignments and provides tactical direction
What is the Operations Section Chief?
The most popular month for tornados to occur in Nebraska
What is June
Event within hospital that disrupts normal operations
What is Internal Disaster
A nursing consult team that responds to assistance in managing patient behavior
What is the behavioral health response team (BHRT)
Infant in cardiac or pulmonary arrest
What is Code Pink
Staff action when armed intruder enters facility with a weapon
What is run, hide, fight
The most common time for a tornado to occur
What is 5:00
Contains flashlights, gloves, checklists, tape, and other items used during relocation or evacuation
What is "Go Bag"
Team responding to extremely disruptive or threatening patient or visitor behavior
What is Dr. Major
Oxygen, Medical Air or Vacuum failure or shutdown
What is Medical Gas Emergency (Code Green)
Staff action of searching and securing area
What is missing or abducted infant/child or missing adult
Situation resulting from significant influx of victims requiring care that affects normal operations (often times due to weather, but not always)
What is External Disaster
Order of movement to relocate patients to another area of the hospital
What is room, compartment, tower, floor, evacuation point
Team trained in decontamination techniques or methods for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive agents
What is Decon or Haz Mat
Color coded hospital wide response to ED overcrowding...yellow, orange, red
What is NEDOCS
Staff action when patients must evacuate or relocate
What are the 3 Ps...prepare, package, and protect patient