Week 4

Question 1

who is responsible for each states emergency response plan?

Answer 1

each state and territory is responsible for their own

Question 2

what is the state health emergency response plan (SHERP)?

Answer 2

Outlines our emergency response.

Outlines the arrangements for coordinating the health response to emergency incidents that go beyond day-to-day business
arrangements.

Question 3

what is the subplan for sherp?

Answer 3

Describes the principles, command and coordination
arrangements, and roles and responsibilities for a health
emergency response.

Question 4

what are the aims of SHERP

Answer 4

• Reduce preventable death.
• Reduce permanent disability.
• Improve patient outcomes
   Match patient level of injury with treatment option.
   Safely and timely manner.

Question 5

What is the purpose of SHERP?

Answer 5

Safe, effective, coordinated health and medical response.

Clarifies accountability for command and coordination of health responses.

Outlines arrangement for escalating the health response.

Describes how available clinical resources are organised.

Describes how the health emergency response interconnects with the state and national emergency response and recovery arrangements.

Question 6

what are the 3 stages to SHERP?

Answer 6

CONTROL: Involves the overall direction of response activities in an emergency. Legislated who is in control in EMMV Part 7

COORDINATION: Involves bringing together agencies and resources to ensure effective response to and recovery from emergencies.

COMMAND: Relates to an agency and acts vertically within an agency

Question 7

What is the role of Ambulance services within the SHERP plan?

Answer 7

• Provide Health Command.
• Provide appropriate skill and equipment for various health
emergencies.
• Triage casualties.
• Provide first aid and advanced treatment.
• Provide most effective transportation.
• Assist with coordinating medical teams.
• Provide health support to other agencies.
• Provide medical support to casualties undergoing decontamination.

Question 8

What does the Ambulance supervisor do in relation to SHERP?

Answer 8

• Reports to and takes direction from Ambulance Commander • Will be an appropriately experienced manager or paramedic
• May not always be necessary • More than one may be required depending on scale of incident

Question 9

What does the Duty Manager do in relation to SHERP?

Answer 9

• Coordinates initial response: CIM and ambulance response

Question 10

What does the Regional CIM do in relation to SHERP?

Answer 10

• Responsible for regional implementation of ERP

* Is an operational member of the Regional Management Team

Question 11

What does the State CIM do in relation to SHERP?

Answer 11

• Overall responsibility for ERP

* Is an operational member of the Emergency Management Unit

Question 12

What is the Australasian Inter-Agency Incident Management System (AIIMS)

Answer 12

similar to SHERP

• Incident Control System (ICS)
• ICS is a scalable Management
Tool
• Integrates personnel,
procedures, facilities, equipment
and communications into a
common organisational structure
• Provides clear delegation of
responsibilities

Question 13

What does AIIMS do?

Answer 13

AIIMS provides a common management framework for
organisations working in emergency management roles that assists with providing the effective and efficient control of
incidents.

Question 14

What types of incidents is AIIMS set up to manage?

Answer 14

It has organised principles and structure to manage large
emergencies such as:
• Mass casualty incidents.
• Natural disasters, fires, floods, storms, cyclones.
• Industrial disasters.

Question 15

What does AIIMS stand for?

Answer 15

Australasian Inter-Agency Incident Management System (AIIMS)

Question 16

what are the 3 key principles that AIIMS is based on?

Answer 16

1. Management by objectives
2. Functional Management
3. Span of control

Question 17

What are the attributes of AIIMS?

Answer 17

• Defined functions.
• Uniform terminology.
• Adaptable and scalable approach.
• Defined incident management structure.
• Clearly defined roles and responsibilities.

Question 18

What are the 4 main functions in the structure of AIIMS?

Answer 18

Control
Planning
Operations
Logistics

Question 19

Define a high threat environment

Answer 19

Any incident that involves the potential or actual risk of physical harm to responders as a result of dangers inherent at the scene.

This encompasses the use of firearms or edged weapons, fire, rising floodwaters or unstable structures.- ACTMA

Question 20

What do you do if a scene becomes high threat?

Answer 20

1. Retreat to a safe space
2. Activate duress alarm
3. Only provide basic assistance to injured people where this
   will NOT delay your withdrawal
4. Provide a sitrep ASAP

Question 21

What are the International Health Regulations?

Answer 21

Represents a legally binding agreement that significantly contributes to the international public health security by providing a new framework for the coordination and the management of events that may constitute a Public Health Emergency of International
Concerns (PHEIC).

Question 22

what is the purpose of the international health regulations?

Answer 22

“to prevent, protect against, control and provide a public
health response to the international spread of disease
commensurate (corresponding in amount) with public
health risks, and which avoid unnecessary interference
with international traffic and trade”

Question 23

What are the reasons for the International Health Regulations?

Answer 23

• Exponential increase in international travel.
• Emergence and re-emergence of international diseases.
• The SARS outbreak was a turning point in international
collaboration on infectious disease control. Vast effect on
global economy. Cost of the outbreak was estimated at $40
billion
• 196 countries have agreed to implement IHR 2005.
• MERS Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome, outbreaks
reported in Saudi Arabia in June 2017 and Lebanon July
2017.

Question 24

What are the changes to the international health regulations?

Answer 24

Shift from three diseases to be reported to any public health risk
(plague, yellow fever, cholera):
• Including chemical, radio, nuclear
• Public Health Emergency of 
International Concern (PHEIC)

Shift from formal notification from WHO member states to
surveillance data from any available source.

Requirement to inform WHO within 24 hours of recognising
potential PHEIC.

Shift from containment at the border to containment at the
source.

Shift from pre-set measures to tailored responses with more
flexibility.

Question 25

What is a Public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)

Answer 25

A PHEIC is an extraordinary public health event which is
determined to:
• Constitute a public health threat to other States through the
international spread of disease.
• Potentially require a coordinated International response.

Question 26

What are some examples of a Public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)

Answer 26

• SARS 2003.
• Ebola 2014 (most recent PHEIC 8th August 2014).
• Wild Polio Virus 2014 (5th May 2014).

Question 27

Define public health surveillance?

Answer 27

“Public health surveillance is the continuous systematic
collection, analysis and interpretation of health related data and dissemination of information to those who need to know for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health
practice”