Week 9 managing recources

Question 1

what may influence the need for different recources?

Answer 1

complexity of situation

need for specalist equipment or services

Question 2

what may cause an incident to be protracted?

Answer 2

floods, heatwaves, bushfires, acess to pts - bushwalkers, missing persons

Question 3

what happens after notification of an incident?

Answer 3

activation of plan

Alert: indent may be occurring - recognise that recources are required at the time to increase prepardness

Standby: assesment to determin scale of response - in catstrophic even, intial assesmnt is not required to escalate response (DoH, DHS, AV)

Activation and deployment: reposne teams, teir structure, HC, HIMT ect

Question 4

what happens when an incdent occurs?

Answer 4

assesment of situation - DM and sitreps from scene

requires a plan

enactment plan

level of response required- SHERP

Question 5

what is a level one response?

Answer 5

characterised by being able to be resolved through the use of local or inital response recources only

Question 6

what is a level 2 response?

Answer 6

more complex emergensy due to size, resoufces or srisk

need for: deployment of resources beyond inital respons
sectorisation of emergency
establoshment of functinal sections
combunatuion of above

Question 7

what is a level 3 response?

Answer 7

degrees of complexity requiring more substantial establishment of mamagment of the situation.

Question 8

what was the effects of the 2009/2010 heatwave on av?

Answer 8

25% increases total cases
46 over three hottest days
34 fold increases in heat-related conditions - 61% in those over 75
2.8 fold increase in cardiac arrest

Question 9

what is involved in a mangment plan?

Answer 9

how many paitents are there, how sick are they, what are the avalible resources, plan ready and utilisation of response matrix tool

Question 10

what are the goals of resource managment and deployment after an incident?

Answer 10

mamage normal requests
mamange request related to emergency
utilisation of existing resources at hand most effectivly

Question 11

what things may need to be done if there are inadeqaute resources?

Answer 11

prioritisation of code 1 and 2 only
advise for inability to provide amabulances for non-urgent cases
provide options such as refcom, local clincs
activate extra resources
recal staff from leave, casuals, CERT teams

Question 12

what are some stratergies for an anticipated incident?

Answer 12

extra staff, facilites, resources prepared

managment options: healthcare plans, isolate infections, reserve hospitals for sickest
likley to have some warning to aid prepardmness

Question 13

what are the stratergies for unplanned incidents>

Answer 13

resource allocation
all pts triages
seive and sort

Question 14

what are some alternative healthcare plan for paitents in the community or on scene?

Answer 14

treat on scene - treat and refer
care by family at home
see local doctor
continue with presribbed medications

Question 15

what are FPCC and TUCC?

Answer 15

feild primary care centre FPCC

temporary urgent care centre TUCC

Question 16

what is VMAT? and FEMO?

Answer 16

VMAT- victorian medical assistance team
initiated through FEMO where doctors and nurses can provide extendet duration or advanced medical care

FEMO- feild emergency medical officer - inates VMAT

Question 17

what other resources may assist of scene?

Answer 17

GPS

first aid agencies 0 red cross, salvation army, st johns

Question 18

what alternative transport arrangments are avalible?

Answer 18

Emergency ambulances
NEPT
car division 
CPAV - complex paitent ambulance vehicles
Council buses

Question 19

what are ongoing considerations in the recovory phase?

Answer 19

return to nraml- goal

may take time - rebuilding of housing, healthcare, facilites, injuries, emotional healting