Category: Hospital Preparedness

Healthcare facilities must be ready to handle many different types of emergencies that threaten the health and safety of families, communities, and the nation. Since 2006, VeriCor has worked hard to give hospitals, clinics, and coalitions solutions to their emergency medical needs: patient surge systems; incident command systems; alternate treatment sites; storage and distribution of critical medicines and supplies. 

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A Medical Cache Needs Consistency and Flexibility | Keep the Fleet Familiar | Know What Happens During the Trip

Organizing a medical cache IN THIS BI-WEEKLY ISSUE 🏥 A Medical Cache Needs Consistency and Flexibility 🆒 Keep the Fleet Familiar ⌛ Know What Happens During the Trip 🦺 Give Each Treatment Function a Defined Space NEWS • RESOURCES • TIPS STANDARDIZE THE ROUTINE. CUSTOMIZE THE MISSION. A Medical Cache Needs Consistency and Flexibility Medical caches become easier to Read More
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Hold Time Is More Than a Number | Start with What You’re Transporting | Command Should Not Start with a Search

validated packout container IN THIS BI-WEEKLY ISSUE 🏥 Hold Time Is More Than a Number 🆒 Start with What You're Transporting ⌛ Command Should Not Start with a Search 🦺 Put the Workspace Where the Work Is NEWS • RESOURCES • TIPS HOLD TIME IS MORE THAN A NUMBER Ask What Was Tested Before You Trust the Numbers Read More
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Rabies PEP Demand is Rising | Put Color to Work in Your Workflow | Burn Supplies Where the Team Expects Them

Loading vaccine into a cool cube IN THIS BI-WEEKLY ISSUE 🏥 Rabies PEP Demand is Rising 🆒 Put Color to Work in Your Workflow ⌛ Burn Supplies Where the Team Expects Them 🦺 Expand Emergency Care Capability with Structure NEWS • RESOURCES • TIPS RABIES PEP DEMAND IS RISING Cold Chain Readiness Belongs in the Response Plan CDC issued a nationwide Read More
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What HPP Funding Will Actually Cover for Equipment

Moving patients in a mass casualty response training What HPP Funding Will Actually Cover for Equipment The surge exercise ended with a clear problem. The hospital could expand patient care beyond its normal footprint, but the team had to pull supplies from several storage areas, rebuild treatment stations, and lean on the few people who knew where everything was kept. The obvious question Read More
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Why Resource Accountability Breaks Down During Emergencies

Incident Command center in use in a mobile response scenario Why Resource Accountability Breaks Down During Emergencies It’s an hour into a mass-casualty response. Patients are moving through triage, treatment areas are filling, and supplies that were neatly staged at the start of the day have already shifted several times. A child arrives with a compromised airway. The question comes… "Where's the pediatric airway kit?" Read More