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Major Incident ProcedureMajor Incident Procedure[Appraised by Dr Andrew Phillips, January 2010]A major incident is any occurrence that presents a serious threat tothe health of the community, disruption to the service, or causes (or islikely to cause) such numbers of types of casualties as to requirespecial arrangements to be implemented by hospitals, ambulanceservices or health authorities.UHCW has a Major Incident Procedure (MIP 12.0, published 15 April2009) and the following is extracted from it, augmented for theDepartment of Anaesthesia. The Major Incident Procedure publishedon the intranet remains the definitive source document.LocationsMajor Incident Control Centre, University HospitalThis is the location of the Hospital Major Incident Controller, in theseminar room AEY10124, emergency department administration.Communications CentreConsultants’ office, emergency department, first floor.Extensions 26253, 226254, 26256, 26259, 26260 (DDI on these linesor 024 7662 2387).Incident Support Room, St Cross HospitalConsultants’ secretaries’ office, Emergency Department.01788 545294.Immediate priority 1 assessment area – adult and paediatricResuscitation room, emergency department, extensions 26988 and26987.240 Anaesthetists Handbook January 2010