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#21180 - 12/01/07 04:50 PM
EBME involvement in Major emergency
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brompton
Newbie
Registered: 24/09/06
Posts: 2
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Dear EBME'ers
I have been asked to enquire from other hospitals what involvement if any the EBME department has in the event of a major emergency or influenza outbreak. Has your department been included in the major incident policy? What role do you have? I would be really interested to hear from those that have been included. If I could have a copy of the policy this would be even better!
My email is: richard.aldridge@chelwest.nhs.uk
Thanks for your help.
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#21182 - 16/01/07 11:20 AM
Re: EBME involvement in Major emergency
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Geoff Hannis
Hero
Registered: 12/02/04
Posts: 3026
Loc: the path less trodden
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At one (overseas) hospital where I worked the role of the Biomeds in the Emergency Plan was to come in to the hospital, and generally hang around ready to lend a (technical) hand wherever needed. As we were also responsible in any case for changing medical gas cylinders on crash carts (etc.), we had specific tasks to carry out in that regard too. When I tried to get the gas cylinder role written out of our responsibility, it was over-ruled by the Hospital Administrator on the grounds that he wanted this done by “someone he could trust” (!). 
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#21183 - 16/01/07 11:36 AM
Re: EBME involvement in Major emergency
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Huw
Hero
Registered: 20/06/00
Posts: 1390
Loc: Essex
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You forgot 'body-bagging', Geoff 
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#21184 - 16/01/07 11:40 AM
Re: EBME involvement in Major emergency
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Geoff Hannis
Hero
Registered: 12/02/04
Posts: 3026
Loc: the path less trodden
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... and standing guard at the Pharmacy to stop the nurses nicking the drugs!
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#21185 - 17/01/07 08:52 AM
Re: EBME involvement in Major emergency
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Lee S
Master
Registered: 17/09/06
Posts: 205
Loc: Hereford
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Under our Trusts MCI plan someone in authority would call in the on call Medical Engineer if required, the Engineer would be expected to make equipment available and to generally lend a technical hand (as Geoff mentioned); they could also call in other members of the Department.
Of course this plan ignores the fact that the Department has no store of spare Medical Equipment, (we do have some flowmeters etc. but it is surprising what equipment clinical members of staff imagine we have), and that the equipment inside the department is likely to be awaiting repair.
Wards and departments inside the Trust will be very unwilling to lend out equipment until they know whether they have a role in the care of any of those involved or of any patients that may be moved to make way for them.
Calling in other engineers when they are not on call is also very hit and miss especially as the Trust has a no drinking policy whilst on call (do you go in if you’ve had one glass of wine, two glasses?).
But probably the biggest thing that this plan would now fall down on, is the fact that due to cut backs, those in authority have decided to stop the Medical Engineers on call service.
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