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Hospital Application of the Incident Management System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Donald Londorf
Donald Londorf*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 655, Rochester, New York 14642USA
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Abstract

The organization of hospitals during an external or internal disaster frequently is defined in the required disaster plan. However, the organizational structure is not uniform. This article describes the incident management system (IMS) established for the organization of out-of-hospital disaster responses and suggest a similar system for use in disaster management tvithin hospitals. Adoption of the Hospital Incident Management System (HIMS) not only would provide a powerful framework for all hospital emergency responses, but it also would provide a necessary link to outside agencies.

Keywords

command postdisaster managementemergency planningemergency response systemsevacuation unitshospital disaster planningincident managementmass casualty incidenttransportation unitstriage
Type
Special Reports
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 10 , Issue 3: CJ Shanaberger Memorial Issue , September 1995 , pp. 184 - 188
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1995

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