Essential steps

Yes

No

Remarks

Declaration of disaster

Creation of an incident command with a commander, a messenger and a runner

Notification of

Department Disaster Control Director

           Senior House Officer on duty

           Hospital Disaster Preparedness Committee

           Chief of Clinics

           Hospital Director

Department Assistant Chair for Service

Department Chair

Mobilization of surgical and parasurgical staff

Surgical Team on Duty

Surgical Team Pre-duty

           Surgical Team Post-duty

Surgery Consultants

            Specific specialty consultants

                      General surgery consultants

Parasurgical staff – nurses

            Emergency Room

            Operating Room

                       Surgery Ward

Mobilization of other medical staff as indicated 

Mobilization of ancillary services (laboratory, x-ray, pharmacy, etc)

Organization

           Incident command

           Triage officer

           Holding and treatment areas

           Traffic control

           Patients’ log

           Relatives information area

           Press conference

Control of disaster

           Triage

Treatment

Referrals

Traffic control

Patients’ log

Relatives Information Area

Press conference

Decongestion and post-disaster reconstruction

Post-disaster evaluation and reporting