Question

t is a beautiful Indian Summer fall Saturday evening in September. The barbeque pit is lit and the coals are warming and ready for those tasty burgers you are cooking for supper. The phone rings just as you are about to put the burgers on the fire. It’s work! You are requested to report immediately to El Centro Medical Center. There has been a horrific airplane crash at DFW. Two planes were involved. One plane was taking off and the other landing. The impossible happened. They collided into each other just as each was a few yards off of the runway. There are approximately 500 passengers plus the crews. Smoke covers the scene, not a good sign. Emergency workers are on the scene trying to get survivors transported and triaged. You are working at one of the receiving hospitals

. Assume the role of the emergency department director what should you do should this manager do to prepare their hospital staff to receive the injured? Be specific as to the role of the employees

The survivors continue to arrive for 4 hours and need to be received and triaged for an additional 12 hours. How will you attend everyone ?

How would you as a manager handle the press, the government groups, and the families?

What type of help will you solicit from other hospital departments/divisions?

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Answer 1

Assume the role of the emergency department director what should you do should this manager do to prepare their hospital staff to receive the injured? Be specific as to the role of the employees

- the emergency department has 20 staffs in total

(2 doctor, 3 Senior residents, 5 junior residents, 6staff nurses, 4 nursing assistant)

- 2 staff( 1nursing assistant and 1 junior resident) for triaging and seperating the incoming patient, check Pulse and BP if stable they can be seen by 4 staffs ( 1senior residents, 1junior resident, one staff nurse for assisting, 1 nursing assistant)

- as we have 4 beds in the resuscitation room and 24 beds in emergency department. The seriously injured and irregular respiration should be received here and once stabilised should be directly shifted to respective department

- 4 staffs ( 1 doctor along with 1 senior resident, 1 staff nurse and 1 nursing assistant) should be in the resuscitation room)

- 10 staffs ( 1 doctor along with 2 senior resident with 4 junior residents, 4 staff nurse, 1 nursing assistant,) in the emergency ward.

Vitals stable but can't do there things alone, the patient are received here check the basal investigation , dress the wound, suture if needed, if investigation and patient is stable can be send to observation room

If the patient is not getting better can be admitted to any department as required

If the patient is getting worse shift to resuscitation room.

The survivors continue to arrive for 4 hours and need to be received and triaged for an additional 12 hours. How will you attend everyone ?

- recruit more staffs from other out patient department

- instruct the staffs to work for another 6 hours more and an extra duty off will be provided

- same triage can be followed

How would you as a manager handle the press, the government groups, and the families?

- they are given the details what are the services made available for the injured

- how we are trying to manage the injured patient

- number of patients

What type of help will you solicit from other hospital departments/divisions?

- in the form of manpower

- in equipment

-to shift stabilized patient