week 5 AV role in SHERP Flashcards
what is the role of the health commander?
- provide regular sit reps to state health and medical coordinator
- provides assistance with determining strategy for distributing casualties
- provides briefings to media on behalf of AV
what is the role of the reginal health commander?
provides regular communication to state health commander
assume command of pre-hospital function of emergency within regional teir
responsible for escilation of orange and red incidents to state health commander
in rural areas may be regional duty manger at the time
what is the incident health commander?
providing regular sit resps to regioanl health commander
on scene and escalating as required
assess size, complexility and geographical footprint of a scene
responsible for distribution of paitents
assess requirment for emergncy relif at the scene (including psychological resposne) and notifies incident controller
when is sherp triggered for escalation?
triggered to escalate when information recived about incident or peotntial incident is likley to impact normal operations of health system
where may information recived come from to trigger escalation?
multiple 000 calls
multiple agency dispatch requests by av
warning and advise issued by control agencies
information by vicpol emergency response coordinators
what would trigger a level 1 escalation?
medium impact on normal operations resolived trough use of local or inital response
what would trigger a level 2 sherp escalation?
major impact on normal operations: more complex managment of emergency respnse in size, resources or risk
what would trigger a level 3 sherp escalation?
sevre impact on normal operations: complexities requiring substantial mangment of response
what other facotrs can contribute to determining esclation level of SHERP?
location agency involvment politcal sensitivites/complexities media intres public awaremness risk environmnet
what things should be considered in the planning process for a code brown?
potential risks, liklehood of occurance and approaite treamtents
what role does sherp play in event health planning?
provides planning and managment structures of public events where the is potnetial increase in mass casuilties and possibly increased numbers of casulties
when planning for an event what planning considerations need to be made?
hazard analysis of the area geographical location enerty and exity points for emergency vehicles crowd movment types of spectators time of year and weather conditions public health issues avalibility of food and water
depending on the type of evnt what general and medical considerations need to be made when planning?
psyical and psychological needs of children and young peopl
level and mix of onsite medical caer required
appropriate skills for personal selected
notification of appropriate persons,
sutable on site medical facilites
storage of medical supplies
