Annual UW Disaster Exercise

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Annual UW Disaster Exercise

• Part 4

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Friday, March 1, Seattle

• Puget Sound region is overwhelmed by flu cases.
• 30 of population is ill with H7N3.
• UW and other colleges have been closed since late
  January.

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Health Care System Strained

• 3040 of health care providers are not
  reporting to work.
• ICUs are experiencing shortages of ventilators.
• Funeral homes are overwhelmed by the numbers of
  dead.

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Finally Some Good News

• Number of cases is stabilizing and a decline is
  expected soon.

• However, hospital and health care staff are
  exhausted!

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Message 14
March 1

• PHSKC WA DOH request that UW provide a status
  report including
• Number of cases/deaths
• Costs associated with outbreak
• Each unit has been asked to provide data for
  this report

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Message 15
March 1

• Four international students die during the
  outbreak.
• Their families are threatening to sue the UW for
  gross negligence.
• Your unit is rumored to be named in the suit.

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Message 16
March 1

• Students, staff, and faculty want to know when
  the UW will reopen.
• Health officials are concerned about a possible
  second wave.
• Your unit has been asked to provide a status
  report on issues associated with reopening the
  UW.