Hospital Disaster Management – Evacuation of Perinatal Intensive Care Units Based on Emergency Management Plan

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to illustrate the special cases of a fire in a hospital especially in a perinatal intensive department, that may be encountered by the firefighters. Due to these special circumstances, the evacuation time of the facility can be significantly increased. There are unusual evacuation and rescue methods, which require special devices and more intense human resources. The evacuation requirement of a hospital is more than a usual evacuation plan, the goal is to maintain the health care services during and after the evacuation, so it is necessary to apply the Evacuation Plan of the Hospital Disaster Plan during a fire evacuation. This requires much more accurate and complex training from both the firefighters and the medical staff. Also, its effectiveness depends to a large extent on the architectural and fire protection design of the building, its modernity, the available medical and rescue equipment and the number of medical staff. The study examines the approximation and joint applicability of the plans above, based on the experience of a hospital evacuation exercise.