(P1-55) Ten Commandments for Emergency Preparedness Deployment – A Basis for Quality Model

Abstract

Hospitals are obliged to maintain emergency preparedness plan to support the army's rear. Hospital preparedness plans contain several scenarios that are aimed to provide an answer to different crisis situations. The basis of these scenarios is common to all situations. Haifa region three hospitals cooperation in emergency preparedness plans extracted Ten Commandments for utmost emergency deployment: a. Creating a clear management policy b. Assigning high proficiency qualified key persons. c. Creating a multidisciplinary management team: Physician, nurse and administrator, with the notion that there is only one manager. d. Emergency activities are similar as possible to routine level. e. Using am assignment method for f. Clear and elaborated checklists are the basis for emergency activities. g. Trainings and drills are a solid basis for knowledge. h. High materials and infrastructure availability and stocks. i. Accessible communication channels. j. Debriefing is the basis for organizational learning and quality improvement. These Ten Commandments are the milestones for a quality model, developed for emergency preparedness. The quality model outlines our constant quest to achieve a state of the art emergency preparedness system in a region that has been involved and is prone e to a variety of emergency scenarios. Ten Commandments for Emergency Preparedness Deployment – a Basis for Quality Model.