DISASTER PLANNING

• Identify situations that could overwhelm district hospital
  - Trauma disasters: traffic accidents
  - Natural disasters: floods, hurricanes
  - Public Health disasters: water contamination, outbreak of disease
  - War, civil disorder
• Identify staff, resources required to cope
• Develop disaster plan, protocols
• Implement and practice

DISASTER PLAN

Designating a team leader Defining roles and responsibilities of each member of staff Establishing disaster management protocols Mapping evacuation priorities and designating evacuation facilities Identifying training needs, practicing management Establishing a system for communication with authorities, media

Setting up systems for: Identification of key personnel Communication within the hospital Calling in extra staff Obtaining additional supplies Triage Communicating patients’ triage level and medical need Transportation of patients to other hospitals

TRAUMA TEAM LEADER RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure that all members of the team know who the leader is
• Information should flow to and through the leader
  - Know and use the names of members of the team
  - Ensure that they have heard and understood directions
  - Check back to make sure tasks have been completed
  - Ask for input from the team, but all directions should come from only one person, i.e. the team leader

Review of Core Learning Objectives

• Organizational Management
• Leadership and team skills
• Monitoring and evaluation for quality improvement and safety
• Disaster management
  - Trauma response plan
  - Trauma team activation
  - WHO check list for essential emergency equipment

CLOSING SESSION

• Evaluation and monitoring quality care improvements
• Recommendations and action plan for improvement in quality of emergency trauma care at first referral health facility
• Closing remarks
• Questions