NDMS Patient Reception FCC Dallas

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NDMS Patient Reception FCC Dallas

• Comparison
• Hurricanes
• Katrina/Rita Gustav/Ike

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Katrina/Rita
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Ike
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Katrina/Ritareception in a semi-vacuum

• Patient Reception team (VA staff TX DMAT Fire
  Dept DoD) recently exercised on C-130 hulk but
  never used
• Reception team prepared site not knowing what
  number of patients and acuity were to be received

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Katina set up
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Katrina set up

• No word on how many are coming, we are ready

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Katrina - reception
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Katrina/Rita reception site

• Reception site for Katrina JRB, Carswell Field,
  Fort Worth with City of Fort Worth for transport
  support
• Reception site for Rita Love Field, Dallas,
  with City of Dallas for transport support

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JRB Carswell
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Theyre Here
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Dallas Love Field
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Theyre Here
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The HULK
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Gustav/Ike a seasoned Reception Team

• Patient Reception Team VA staff TX DMAT/NY
  DMAT DFW airport concentric circle Fire Dept
  support DFW Emergency Mgmt support American
  Airlines Red Cross
• Reception team prepared site based on experience
  from Katrina/Rita

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Equipment
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Gustav/Ike - Equipment

• VA/DoD reception equipment used to set up site
  (litters, litter stanchions, blankets, pillows,
  chairs, tables, computers, printers, fax machine)

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A United Nations of Responders
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Gustav/Ike Reception Site

• American Airlines maintenance hanger huge space
  (enough for aircraft unloading inside a hanger)
• DFW airport Office of Emergency Management (well
  trained in mass casualty response) and
  concentric circles for transport (ambulances,
  fire fighters and paramedics)
• Bring ambulances in to hanger for close transport
  of patients

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Huge Space

• Ambulances in place in American Airlines hanger,
  out of potential weather

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Gustav/Ike - equipment

• VA/DoD reception equipment
• OWL (Over weight litters)
• Pediatric response equipment
• Pharmacy cache
• Communications equipment
• Airline transport equipment

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Pharmacy Cache

• Childrens Medical Center of Dallas came out to
  support potential pediatric patients

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Pharmacy Cache

• Site was safety inspected to include MSDS

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Ground Transport

• Patients equipment were too heavy to carry

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Issues

• Technology use of Web-EOC
• MRSA
• Type of Patient
• Banding
• Wheres the plane???

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Just in time Infection Control

• Just in case

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Just in time Infection Control

• Time to mask up

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Lots of Medical Equipment

• CCATT team with patient equipment

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Banding

• Although arm banding not used for NDMS we were
  ready

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How do you keep 100 people engaged?