Medical Incident Command System

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Currently, the most common model for disaster response in the hospital sector is the Incident Command System (ICS) model (Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA], 2001). In 1992 the Hospital Emergency Incident Command System (HEICS) was first developed by the California Emergency Medical Services Authority and the San Mateo County Health Services Agency. It is important to remember that HEICS is not a disaster plan, but rather a model on which a plan can be developed. In 2006 the model was updated and it is now known as the Hospital Incident Command System (HlCS). The newer model of incident command for hospitals includes ... 

California Emergency Medical Services Authority. (2007). Hospital Incident Command system. Retrieved April 2, 2007 from http //WWW. emsa. ca.gov/hics/hics.asp... 

In retrospect, this was Incident Command and a modified Hospital Emergency Incident Command System (HEICS), as we would learn in the future. With the Code White in effect, many staff stayed on duty. This left many of the hospital staff without money, clothing, or medications. Some of the hospital staff worked double shifts, tried to sleep a few hours in closed departments or education classrooms, showered, and returned to work. Some staff traveled between home and work daily depending on how far they lived from the hospital. Water and electricity were the daily topic of conversation. 

California Emergency Medical Services Authority. (2006), HICS Hospital Incident Command System. Sacramento, CA, California Emergency Medical Services Authority, October. Last viewed October 10, 2006, http /www.emsa.ca.gov/dms2/heics4project.asp... 

San Mateo County Health Services Agency Emergency Medical Services. (1998), HEICS The Hospital Emergency Incident Command System, Third Edition, Volumes I/II. San Mateo, CA, San Mateo County Health Services Agency, June. Last viewed October 10, 2006, http /H H H .en7ra.ca.gov/Dms2/heics3.htm... 

National Incident Command System and Medical Incident Command. 

Hospital incident command system—A generic crisis management plan expressly for comprehensive medical facilities that is modeled closely after the fire service incident command system. Hospital postdecontamination zone— The hospital postdecontamination zone is an area considered uncontaminated. At a hospital receiving contaminated victims, the hospital postdecontamination zone includes the emergency department (unless contaminated). This zone is sometimes called the cold zone or clean area. 

Hospital incident command system a generic crisis management plan expressly for comprehensive medical facilities that is modeled closely after the fire service incident conunand system... 

A streamlined organizational chart that is consistent with the National Incident Management System (NIMS), which includes nine key positions incident commander public information officer safety officer liaison officer section chiefs for operations, fi-nance/administration, planning, and logistics and a medical/technical specialist. 

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