HEALTH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Flashcards
National policy on health emergencies
DOH 168 2004
implementing guidelines for managing mass casually incidents during emergencies and disasters
DOH 155 2004
Guidelines on the Acceptance and processing of foreign and local donations during emergency and disaster situations
DOH 0017 2007
policies and guidelines on hospitals safe from disasters
DOH 2013 0014
COMMAND STAFF POSITIONS
coordinates the release of information to the public health and responders
information officer
COMMAND STAFF POSITIONS
formulates measures to protect personnel safety
safety officer
COMMAND STAFF POSITIONS
acts as the point of contact for assisting or cooperating agencies
liason officer
location where primary command functions are performed
incident command post
temporary locations for resources awaiting assignments
staging areas
location where helicopters may be parked, maintainedm fueled and loaded
helibases
temporary locations where locations can safely land and take off
helispots
temporary locations to provide services to incident personenel
camps/bases