Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Evacuation
Well, never thought it would happen ... but at the Rehab center where I work we actually had an internal disaster. One of those things you have plans and drills for, but never actually have to do anything.
On Friday morning at 3 a.m., the air conditioning went out. In 95+ temps in a rehab facility with patients on oxygen, with Lupus, and M.S., and other various conditions. NOT A GOOD THING. By the afternoon, we were all miserable and word was the parts would not be there for five days at least. Decisions were made and all 20 patients, all their belongings, all rehab equipment we would need, were evacuated to the main hospital. Horrors of horrors, nightmare scenario? Nope. It was done in about 1.5 hours. All the departments pitched in, everything went smoothly. No patient's were upset or distressed. Amazing. Radiology and Cath Lab people were trekking over to help out. Everyone was working together and well. How very wild. There's something to be said for planning how to deal with disasters, it really, REALLY works.
Even better news? It was all fixed by Sunday and on Monday we reversed the evacuation and it went even quicker.
Thanks to all who pitched in!
On Friday morning at 3 a.m., the air conditioning went out. In 95+ temps in a rehab facility with patients on oxygen, with Lupus, and M.S., and other various conditions. NOT A GOOD THING. By the afternoon, we were all miserable and word was the parts would not be there for five days at least. Decisions were made and all 20 patients, all their belongings, all rehab equipment we would need, were evacuated to the main hospital. Horrors of horrors, nightmare scenario? Nope. It was done in about 1.5 hours. All the departments pitched in, everything went smoothly. No patient's were upset or distressed. Amazing. Radiology and Cath Lab people were trekking over to help out. Everyone was working together and well. How very wild. There's something to be said for planning how to deal with disasters, it really, REALLY works.
Even better news? It was all fixed by Sunday and on Monday we reversed the evacuation and it went even quicker.
Thanks to all who pitched in!
# posted by Qeltic @ 3:28 PM 
