RELIANCE OF HOSPITALS ON ELECTRICAL GENERATOR 3
Running head: RELIANCE OF HOSPITALS ON ELECTRICAL GENERATOR
Reliance of Hospitals on Electrical Generator
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Electrical power is co-factor mostly required in hospitals since it makes many activities run smoothly. In cases where there is no electrical power or electrical black-out, hospitals need to formulate a way or a source to acquire it (McNew, 2018). Hence, the need for a response framework that is required to provide significant capabilities that are essential and responds to incidences. The body plans and conducts processes that comprise the whole community in the development of approaches and public information and warning. Also, it delivers reliable information that updates the emergency services and makes them meet legal compliances and regulations hence reducing threats. This paper, therefore, discusses the action taken by a hospital in case of an electric black-out for 72 hours.
In the first 8 hours, the hospitals try to contain the situation and communicating it to the affected people (Murugan & Darby, 2018). The risk is assessed and its magnitude so that they can initialize an action. Then action is taken by switching to an emergency generator and the emergency actions to aid critical patients by physicians or medical director to reduce fatalities. In the next 48 hours, patients in a life support machine should be taken to a nearby facility as fast as possible. The priority should be directed to patients who are in clinical conditions such as the ones in ICU and those scheduled for an operation. Finally, within 72 hours hospital should be able to provide fatal services such as doing scene documentation, recovering and collecting dead bodies as well as personal effects for the victims. They should also identify the bodies and provide temporary mortuary services. In conclusion, investigations should be done to define the cause of the problem and avoid future occurrence.
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McNew. (2018). Emergency Department Compliance Manual, 2018 Edition. Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business.
Murugan, R., & Darby, J. M. (2018). Rapid Response System: A Practical Guide. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
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