trainings in all provide to officials of institutions health care providers related to the reduction of disaster risks, the emphasis is on the basis of the actions taken must fall within what we call "Safe Hospitals " which is nothing but the strategy proposed by the Pan American Health Organization (2008-2010) and the World Health Organization (2008-2010) and adopted by the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (2008-2009) and the Ministry of Social Protection Social (2009) to provide one of the eleven public health objectives, such as, reducing the impact of emergencies and disasters on the health of communities (FESP). Hospitals
Insurance is the foundation for the management of disaster risks in health care facilities under its components which provide structural assessment, nonstructural and functional of the institution through a series of variables that allow us to determine an indicator of the safety of these institutions from the various types of threats, vulnerabilities conjugated internal will tell us how much is the risk to staff, users and visitors of the hospital if tend to present an adverse event, be it emergency or disaster.
The disaster risk management, which is the set of policies, instruments and measures to reduce the negative effects of adverse events, includes a series of actions that must be carried at all times of disasters, ie from the prior (preventive, preparedness and mitigation works), the for (self-care emergency or disaster) and after (recovery actions, consisting of the rehabilitation and reconstruction), aiming and key to successful coordination of the various interventions in the context of a sustainable development process, which necessarily will produce a diminishing impact of disasters on communities.
The disaster risk management in hospitals goes far beyond the establishment of the Emergency Committee or Hospital Emergency Operations Committee, and more In addition to preparing a Plan Hospital for Emergency and Disaster Response. Involves holistic and coordinated actions aimed at the prevention of adverse effects within the hospital, whether or not an emergency or disaster. Involves design and implementation of protocols for crisis situations, at full capacity and, as far as possible within the hospital. Involves the formulation of domestic policies in search of a philosophy or lifestyle strongly linked to institutional prevention and quality.
also implies an exhaustive study of the various potential threats, probable or imminent, the comprehensive study of the different vulnerabilities and institutional risk weighting against each of the identified threats.
also includes developing a diagnosis of their stock of resources against threats and operational organization to meet that threat with a range of not less than 72 hours after the event.
But it also implies the ability to rehabilitate in the shortest time possible services that have been affected by adverse events that are vital for the care and management of resources for the reconstruction of those services have been heavily affected and whose rehabilitation is not possible in the short term.
Finally, do not forget that in the health sector should maintain the spirit of research in pursuit of more effective and efficient methods to address public health problems. The hospital may also include in its management of disaster risk, research processes and knowledge management related to disaster risk reduction.
All those needs identified in the processes and actions undertaken in the pre-disaster phase should be accompanied by intervention projects to reduce vulnerabilities functional, structural or nonstructural detected. Lack of resources is never a valid excuse for improving safety index hospital. Wield is only the demonstration of lack of management and vision of the governing body because the facilities are expedited through the Ministry's guidelines and national and international support.
Recommended Reading:
- Portal Hospitals Safe from Disasters, PAHO, available at: http://safehospitals.info/ , accessed 27 -02 to 2011
- Portal Hospital Safety Index, PAHO-WHO available at: http://bit.ly/ISH-ops , accessed 27/02/2011
- Portal of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction The Americas, ISDR, available at: http://eird.org/ , accessed 02/27/2011
- Resolution 976 of 2009, Ministry of Social Protection, Colombia. Welcomes the Global Initiative "Hospitals Safe from Disasters", a national program for disaster risk reduction in the health sector. Available at: http://bit.ly/Res976-09 , accessed 27/02/2011
- More About Essential Functions Public Health at: http://bit.ly/9CX7RI
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