Hospital Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) TEMPLATE

Hospital Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) Template
• Ensure availability of phone and phone line that do not rely on functioning
electricity service.
• Request priority status for maintenance and restoration of telephone
service from local telephone service provider.
2.7.3 AGENCY has an emergency generator at the hospital and the Adult Extended
Care facility to ensure its ability to continue operations in the event of an
emergency that creates power outages. AGENCY will obtain assistance from
local utilities or vendors.
Specific steps are carried out to ensure reliability for use in incidents including:
• Inventory essential equipment and systems that will need continuous power.
• Determine the maximum length of time a facility will operate on emergency
power (i.e., is emergency power primarily for short term outages or for
extended operations)
• Determine power output needs.
• Determine location of nearest supplies of selected fuels that can be accessed
in an emergency.
• Perform recommended periodic maintenance.
• Run monthly generator start-up tests.
2.8 Hospital Patient Surge Preparedness
2.8.1 Surge capacity encompasses hospital resources required to deliver health care
under situations which exceed normal capacity including potential available
space in which patients may be triaged, managed, vaccinated,
decontaminated, or simply located; available personnel of all types; necessary
medications, supplies and equipment; and even the legal capacity to exceed
authorized care capacity.
2.8.2 Normal hospital capacity could be exceeded during any type of emergency for
reasons that include the following:
• Random spikes in numbers of presenting patients.
• Seasonal or other cyclical spikes (e.g., school required immunizations, flu
epidemics, etc.).
• Convergence of ill or injured resulting from incidents.
• Psychogenic convergence that results from emergencies.
• A combination of any of the above.
Events that create patient surge may also reduce hospital resources through
exhaustion of supplies and pharmaceuticals and reduced staff availability. Staff
may be directly impacted by the emergency, unable to reach the hospital or
required to meet commitments at other health facilities.
2.8.3 The AGENCY Emergency Preparedness Director, in conjunction with Medical,
Nursing, and other Department Directors will review provisions of City/County
emergency plans that describe:
• How the surge capacity of the health system will be increased.
• Patient transportation policies and procedures for bioterrorism and other
major incidents.
• Procedures for augmenting medical care resources at sites of medical care
including City/County plans for accessing and distributing the contents of
the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile.
2.8.4 The Emergency Department Director will develop a surveillance process to provide
early indications of potential for patient surge that may result from an infectious
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