NATIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

COURSE FOR HOSPITALS (NDPCH)

DAY 1 – THE PRE-HOSPITAL RESPONSE

0830 – 0900              Registration & refreshments

0900 – 0945              Introduction and definitions

0945 – 1015              Command and control (pre-hospital)

1015 – 1045              Communications (pre-hospital)

1045 – 1100              Refreshments

1100 – 1130              Table Top Exercise 1

1130 – 1215              Workshop – personal and medical equipment

1215 – 1300              Lunch

1300 – 1345              Practical skills – radio voice procedures

1345 – 1430              Triage (the Triage Sieve)

1430 – 1500              Treatment and transport

1500 – 1515              Refreshments

1515 – 1615              Table Top Exercise 2

1615 – 1645              Triage Sieve Assessment

1645                           Close

NATIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

COURSE FOR HOSPITALS (NDPCH)

 DAY 2 – THE HOSPITAL RESPONSE

0830 – 0900              Registration & refreshments

0900 – 0930              Definitions and outline response

PART 1 - PREPARATION

0930 – 1000              Major incident planning and exercising

PART 2 - RESPONSE (the compensated incident)

1000 – 1030              Actions before the casualties arrive

1030 – 1100              Refreshments

1100 – 1130              Command, control and communications (hospital)

1130 – 1215              Triage (the Triage Sort)

1215 – 1300              Lunch

1300 – 1430              Interactive exercise: Hospital management of a major incident

1430 -  1445              Refreshments

PART 3 - RESPONSE (the uncompensated incident)

1445-1530                 The uncompensated incident – management strategies

PART 4 - RECOVERY

1530 - 1600               Lecture and discussion: Defusing vs debriefing

1600 – 1630              Triage assessment

1630                           Issue Certificates