Is there any particular strategy to attract physicians to participate in drills?
Cindy Notobartolo: Availability seems to be the biggest problem. If they get enough notice, they do participate and take it seriously. Mollie Jenckes: Two salient points: Physicians have leadership roles in the Emergency Preparedness effort, and physicians are credited with time spent at the drills as a part of their workweek. To have physicians participate, it is necessary that they share the responsibility for the outcomes, including the drills and the management of the hospital under an emergency. Question 27. What are you doing to increase awareness for the need for hospital staff to be personally prepared during a disaster? How do you train your staff? Have you had any difficulty training hospital staff as far as getting them to understand ICS, NIMS, etc.? Answer: Cindy Notobartolo: At Suburban Hospital what we do is distill it to a very understandable, easy-to-absorb, easy-to-remember, basic list of one, two, three steps. It is called “know your role.” It includes all levels of w
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