Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Incident Command Systems
The National Response Plan (NRP)
National Incident Management System
Hospital Emergency Incident Command System
Initial Response Concerns
Situational Analysis: Look at “NOW”
Situational Analysis II: Look to the “FUTURE”…
Chapter 2: Conventional Mass Casualty Incidents
Time versus Load
Mass Casualty Predictor
The First Five Minutes
Logistics
Other Considerations
Mass Casualty Triage
EMTALA Requirements
Chapter 3: Chemical Mass Casualty Incidents
History of Chemical MCI
HazMat Chemistry Basics
Chemical Environmental Requirements
Chemical Terms
Event Recognition
Hospital Response Assumptions
Critical Points of a Chemical Response
Decontamination Principles
Patient Decontamination Facilities
Chemical Triage Process
Priorities
Urgency of Deployment
Communication
Information Resources
Chapter 4: Biological Mass Casualty Incidents
History of Biological Mass Casualty Incidents
Characteristics of a biological incident
CDC Biological Agents of Concern
Biological MCI Response Assumptions
Syndromic Surveillance and Epidemiologic Investigations
Biological MCI Response Planning
Biological MCI Recovery
Chapter 5: Radiological Mass Casualty Incidents
Radiological Incident
Types of Radiation
Exposure vs. Contamination
Radiation Half-Life
Three methods for reducing radiation exposure: time, distance, and shielding
Hospital Response to a Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) Involving Radiation
Patient Management: Triage
Patient Management - Priorities
Patient Management –Decontamination
Effect of Exposure
Syndromes of Concern
Treatment of Internal Contamination
Patient Management – Intrahospital Patient Transfers
Psychological Casualties
Information Management and Risk Communication
Facility Recovery
Chapter 6: Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication
What is Crisis and Emergency Risk Communications?
Building Your Communication Plan
Developing Your Message
Communicating as a Successful Spokesperson
Representing Your Organization
What Every Spokesperson Should Know
Develop an Emergency/Crisis Communication Plan
Misinformation and Rumor Control
