manitowoc county mass casualty disaster plan

Manitowoc County Mass Casualty Disaster Plan

Disaster Supplies

• 1. Cleveland First Responders - Cleveland• 2. Kiel Ambulance Service - Kiel• 3. Mishicot Ambulance Service - Mishicot• 4. Valders Ambulance Service - Valders• 5. County Mass Cass Trailer – Manitowoc Fire• 6. Manitowoc Fire Department - Manitowoc• 7. Two Rivers Fire Department - Two Rivers

First In Medical Team

• EMS Chief Officer and Triage

EMS Chief Officer• Notify JDC of Mass Casualty Event and have them page all County

EMS units to a designated staging area.• Request:

– Black Boxes– Helicopters– Mass Casualty trailer– Any other additional resources

• Co. Fire Depts.• Utilities• Red Cross/Sav. Army• TRFD Blow up shelter• Hazmat• Buses• Lighting

• Notifies area Hospitals of Disaster

EMS Chief Check List

• _____ Appoint triage officer and assistant if needed

• _____ Appoint a staging officer• _____ Appoint an equipment area manager• _____ Appoint a treatment area manager(s)• _____Appoint a transportation officer• _____ Appoint a communications officer• _____ Appoint a liaison to the coroner if needed• _____Appoint Safety Officer

Triage Officer

• 30 second eval of each patient.• Walking wounded - Green• R >30 Red• P No Rad Pulse or > 2 sec Cap refill-Red• M Can not follow simple command - Y• Tag Vs Band• Second Sweep or Assistant place name • Give count to EMS chief

Triage

Charts

Triage Tags and Bands

Staging officer

• Greet incoming units

• Provide accountability-Check in

• Assign units based on EMS chiefs needs

• Responsible for keeping a log EMS personnel on scene.– A. Name– B. Unit affiliation– C. Task

Treatment Officer

• Coordinates evacuation of patients with Transportation Officer to area hospitals or other intermediate facilities or locations.

• Nice to have Paramedic, but not necessary- Assigns staff to treat patients

• Sets up Red, Yellow and Green Tarps

Transportation Officer• With approval and concurrence of EMS Chief Officer and EMS

Triage Officer establishes:– 1. Patient loading area– 2. Ambulance staging area– 3. Equipment staging area

• Establishes communications contact with Staging Officer and advises number of ambulances and special service equipment needed to perform patient transport.

• Coordinates ambulance routing and response to ambulance staging area. May require setting up special routes for ambulances to enter and leave staging areas.

• Establishes communications contact with Emergency Operations Center (if activated), Medical Control and area hospitals via Communications Officer to determines area hospital's capabilities to receive patients.

• Logs Patients as they are loaded into ambulances

Equipment Area Manager• Establishes equipment area which should be strategically located

between treatment and ambulance staging areas.• Communicates with EMS Triage Officer and provides the needed

equipment at the incident and treatment areas.• Collects and inventories equipment and supplies from ambulances

arriving at the scene Collects and inventories supplies as brought in from various sources. Label equipment if time permits to allow for proper return.

• Distributes supplies as requested in triage and treatment areas.• Collects and inventories equipment at the end of the incident and

returns the same to its proper source • Sets up Mass Cass Trailer

Communications Officer

• Works with Transportation Officer, communicating via radio, to hospitals, with information on patients and estimated times on arrival.

• Establishes communications contact with Emergency Operations Center and Fire/Hazmat (if activated) (call JDC at 683-4201 for phone numbers) Medical Control, and area hospitals and determines area hospitals' capabilities to receive patients. This information shall be shared with the Transportation Officer.

• The Communications Officer shall be the only person contacting the hospitals with patient information and estimated times of arrivals.

• Gives report as patients leave transport area

Coroner Liaison

• Assist Coroner

Safety Officer

-Make the scene safe

• Keep the scene safe

• May have been assigned already by IC

Disaster Boxes

Other Considerations• Command Post• Staging• Buses• Shelters• Decon• Unified command• Do not rush take your time and do it RIGHT• Assistants• FR vehicles to transport• Co FF to help move or Decon • Traffic Control- MTSO, Co FF• Safety of all responders• Portable lighting• Critical patient go by Helo• What to do for DOA

MABAS

• Life Safety Card

• Accountability

• Mutual Aid Frequency

Questions