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Home/Action Plan Public News Weather Updates Traffic Reports Crisis Resources Emergency Site Map Main Hospital Site		Disaster Team Meeting POLICY: The meetings of the hospital Disaster Team will be devoted to a review of the situation to establish a basis for planning and to set criteria. PROCEDURE: This review will include:  Studying Boone County's Emergency Management Plan. The Hospital's Hazardous Vulnerability Analysis. Ascertain the hospital position and the emergency management mission assigned to it.  This mission may include: Caring for emergency/disaster patients in the hospital. Providing professional staff to serve outside the community. Learn whether or not the community has negotiated mutual aid agreements with neighboring communities (which may provide for mutual assistance arrangements between hospitals in the participating communities). Obtain from State or Local Emergency Management Offices a current estimate of situations most likely to occur in the community. (When available) Make a general assessment of the hospital's present key resources: Physicians Technical Staff Nurses Beds Critical supply and equipment items Available space Determine the hospital's maximum expansion capability in terms of beds and services, assuming that resources are used with optimum efficiency. Estimate, in light of expanded operation, the hospital's key resource requirements during different time intervals, i.e., 15, 30 and 60 days. Weigh resources on hand against estimated requirements to determine the extent of resource deficiencies or surpluses. Estimate the hospital's present capability to provide fallout protection for it's staff, patients and visitors. Evaluate the hospital's ability to provide: Communications Power Water supply Sewage disposal The Hospital's Emergency Management Plan will be submitted to the Hospital's Board of Trustees for approval and recommendations.  The Hospital's Emergency Management Plan will be submitted to Boone County Emergency Management for recommendations. The Boone County Emergency Manager will be invited to committee meetings.  After approval of the hospital's Emergency Management Plan copies will be provided to: Administration Boone County Emergency Management Hospital Department Directors The hospital's Emergency Management Plan will be reviewed annually by the above parties to update and implement recommendations.
	Boone County Hospital, 1015 Union Street, Boone , IA 50036, (515) 432-3140

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