Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Triage/methods , Triage , Critical Care/legislation & jurisprudence , Critical Care/methods , Critical Care/organization & administration , 34661/methods , Post Disaster Resettlement , Triage/organization & administration , Triage/supply & distribution , Triage/trends , 35158ABSTRACT
The intensive care units must be prepared for a possible disaster, whether internal or external, in case it becomes necessary to evacuate the in-patients. They must have an Emergency and Self-protection Plan that includes the patient evacuation criteria and this must be known by all the personnel who work in the service. For that reason, the patients must be triaged, based on their attention priorities, according to their survival possibilities. Having an evacuation, known by all the personnel and updated by means of the performance of periodic drills, should be included as a quality indicator that must be met, since this would achieve better attention to the patient in case of a disaster situation requiring the evacuation of the ICU.
Subject(s)
Emergencies , Intensive Care Units/standards , Quality Indicators, Health CareABSTRACT
Las unidades de cuidados intensivos deben estar preparadas para un eventual desastre, bien sea de índole interno o externo, donde sea necesario evacuar a los pacientes ingresados. Deben disponer de un Plan de Emergencia y Autoprotección donde estén recogidos los criterios de evacuación de los pacientes, que debe conocer todo el personal que trabaja en el servicio. Para esto, habrá que hacer un triaje a los pacientes basándose en las prioridades de atención y según las posibilidades de supervivencia. El disponer de un plan de evacuación, conocido por todo el personal y actualizado mediante la realización de simulacros periódicos, debería incluirse como un indicador de calidad que se debería cumplir, ya que con esto se conseguiría una mejor atención al paciente en caso de presentarse una situación de desastre donde hubiere que evacuar la unidad de cuidados intensivos (AU)
The intensive care units must be prepared for a possible disaster, whether internal or external, in case it becomes necessary to evacuate the in-patients. They must have an Emergency and Self-protection Plan that includes the patient evacuation criteria and this must be known by all the personnel who work in the service. For that reason, the patients must be triaged, based on their attention priorities, according to their survival possibilities. Having an evacuation, known by all the personnel and updated by means of the performance of periodic drills, should be included as a quality indicator that must be met, since this would achieve better attention to the patient in case of a disaster situation requiring the evacuation of the ICU (AU)
