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Prof. Dr. Teodoro Javier Herbosa Emergency Medicine Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
and University of the Philippines, Manila
Board Member, World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine
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Hospitals Safe from DisastersHospitals Safe from Disasters
•Hospitals should remain functional after disasters
•Often, hospital leaders in Asia adopt an evacuation policy aftermath an earthquake
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Hospitals are not like schools, office buildings, hotels. Hospitals must function after an earthquake.
Hospitals Safe from DisastersHospitals Safe from Disasters
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Disaster Risk ReductionDisaster Risk Reduction
Structural Engineers & Physicians with vast disaster risk reduction experiences in health systems in the Asia
Training module for hospitals capacity building to reduce disaster risks
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ObjectiveObjective
Discuss a course called HOSPITAL PREPAREDNESS FOR EMERGENCIES (HOPE) �
Trains staff on rapid assessment tools for structural damages
functional collapse of hospitals
emergency response therein
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Course DevelopmentCourse Development
Asia – high risk disasters - lack of advanced Risk Reduction through capacity buidling & emergency management - burden on hospitals to cope w/ mass casualties
1998 HOPE Course developed for: Philippines IndiaIndonesiaNepal
Bangladesh (2003)�Pakistan (2007) �
All 6 countries - RISK for earthquakes
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What is HOPE?What is HOPE?
32 hours (intensive) 4 days 32 hours (intensive) 4 days
enhance hospital preparedness enhance hospital preparedness
capacity and emergency responsecapacity and emergency response
structural, nonstructural, non--structural, and structural, and
functional concerns functional concerns
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23 Lessons & 7 Exercises 123 Lessons & 7 Exercises 1stst ed.ed.
��Overview of Disasters & HealthOverview of Disasters & Health��Disaster Risk ManagementDisaster Risk Management��Seismology ConceptsSeismology Concepts��Structural & Non structural Structural & Non structural Assessments of HospitalsAssessments of Hospitals��Operational & Functional Operational & Functional Components of HospitalsComponents of Hospitals��Emergency Department Emergency Department ��Mass Casualty managementMass Casualty management��TriageTriage
•• Resuscitation & Disaster Resuscitation & Disaster Medical CareMedical Care
•• HEICS HEICS •• Hospital Disaster PlanningHospital Disaster Planning•• Mgt of the DeadMgt of the Dead•• Psychosocial issuesPsychosocial issues•• Mgt of Resources Mgt of Resources •• Return to Normal Return to Normal
OperationsOperations•• 7 Exercises/Table tops 7 Exercises/Table tops
Simulations/RolePlaySimulations/RolePlay
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HOPE Course AimsHOPE Course Aims
�To enhance hospital based preparedness and response.
�To coordinate engineers, clinical & administrative leaders in a hospital based disaster risk management approach:
� Principles of disaster risk management
� Working together to make steps toward preparing each hospital to respond to disasters and MCI's
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HOPE Course Objectives
Performance Objectives:
By the end of the course, the participant will be able to:
� Conduct a vulnerability assessment of the hospital
� Develop a hospital preparedness and response plan
� Conduct a disaster response
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Program for Enhancement of Program for Enhancement of Emergency ResponseEmergency Response--PEERPEER
Principal CoursesPrincipal Courses· MFR· CSSR· HOPEHOPE
Instructor WorkshopsInstructor Workshops
· TFI· MFRIW· CSSRIW
HOPEIWSubsidiary CourseSubsidiary Course· Canine SAR
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Relationship of PEER Courses
CSSR Extraction
MFR Medical first responderHOPE Hospital
Disaster
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DevelopmentDevelopment
••Funding Funding -- USAID OFDAUSAID OFDA
••ADPC ADPC
••curriculum by Asians for curriculum by Asians for
Asians Asians
••NSETNSET
••JHU (CIEDRS) JHU (CIEDRS) -- course reviewcourse review
adpcadpc
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ImplementationImplementation
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