Deploying mobile emergency teams to promptly rescue patients during storm No. 3

Strengthening medical response to storm WIPHA.

The Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Management ( Ministry of Health ) has just sent an official dispatch to the Department of Health of provinces and cities in the Northern and Central regions; Hospitals under the Ministry of Health in the Northern and Central regions; Heads of Health of Ministries and branches on the implementation of prevention and response to Storm No. 3, ensuring medical examination and treatment.

According to forecasts, storm No. 3 is having complex and unpredictable developments with a wide range of impacts, causing heavy rain in many localities. In order to proactively and effectively respond, ensure that medical examination and treatment are not interrupted, and organize timely and safe treatment for patients.

The Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Management requests the Department of Health of provinces and cities in the Northern and Central regions to arrange for department leaders to be on duty 24/7; direct and be responsible for supervising and inspecting affiliated hospitals to be ready to respond to emergency situations before, during and after the storm;

Announce the command hotline number to units and ensure 24/7 communication to promptly direct subordinate units to be ready to participate in rescue when mobilized; receive and process emergency information promptly;

Implement disaster response plans at the unit; ensure human resources, medicines, chemicals, medical equipment, and emergency vehicles to be ready to support when required;

Direct hospitals in the management area to review facilities and medical equipment, especially in areas at risk of flooding and landslides, to ensure hospital safety according to regulations and instructions of the Ministry of Health; coordinate with relevant agencies and units in the area to deploy storm prevention and control plans, ensuring timeliness and safety;

Be ready to coordinate with Central hospitals in case of need for support, ensuring timeliness and effectiveness.

For hospitals and institutes with beds under the Ministry of Health, provincial and municipal general hospitals, the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment requires preparation of human resources, ambulances, equipment, drugs, and consumables for at least 2 mobile emergency teams (note the number of facilities serving trauma emergencies); the mobile emergency team has a decision to assign specific tasks with a contact list, on duty 24/7, ready to respond to provinces affected by the storm when ordered to mobilize.

Hospitals in areas predicted to be affected by storms need to have plans to proactively evacuate patients, medical equipment, and medicines to solid areas that can withstand the impact of storms; move seriously ill patients, ventilators, and other emergency resuscitation equipment to higher floors to avoid flooding; apply measures to secure and secure medical equipment, doors, windows, etc. to avoid being displaced by storm winds, causing casualties and secondary damage;

Prepare backup generators and sufficient fuel to maintain power supply for emergency and treatment;

Supplement the stock of medicine, equipment, and means to provide emergency care for direct or indirect injuries caused by collapses and burials, and respond to situations of high casualties. Have plans, stock of medicine, equipment, emergency vehicles, and human resources available to set up field emergency stations in areas with high terrain, avoiding flooding when necessary;

Mobilize all hospital personnel to participate in providing emergency support for mass casualties at the hospital and outside the hospital; classify victims to prioritize emergency care in emergency situations, and classify patients at risk of contracting respiratory and digestive infections to avoid further spread of disease in the hospital.

THIEN LAM

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