All Entries Tagged With: "plane crash"
Why and when to communicate patient information with other sites
Someone asked me about my thoughts relative to Joint Commission emergency management standard EM.02.02.01, EP 11.
EP 11 establishes the expectation that in the event of a fairly widespread event (in terms of casualties and fatalities) that your emergency operations plan will have a process to communicate the names of patients to other healthcare organizations in the area. [more]
Mac reacts to the Hudson River plane crash . . . and birds
Kudos to the amazing (I daresay miraculous) response to last week’s jet crash in the Hudson. I was watching some of the footage on The Weather Channel and at first had a difficult time processing what had happened. It’s absolutely astonishing that there was no loss of life.
I haven’t had a chance to dig too deeply into the all the news reports, but I imagine there are at least a couple of New York area hospitals that can check off their Joint Commission influx drill requirement for the year (not that that’s how you want to do it). [more]
Early thoughts from NYC hospitals about the Hudson River plane crash
Hi everyone, it’s Scott Wallask logging in today. I just chatted with a couple of representatives of New York City hospitals about the plane that crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon and their facilities’ response to the incident.
Two important early points came up in our conversations: [more]
