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Explanation:
The disaster response plan establishes the efficient and immediate way in which all hospital areas will be activated based on an internal or external emergency. Its function is to develop the necessary procedures, protect patients, staff and assets, ensuring continuity in the provision of care during the critical phase of the situation.
When an internal or external emergency is mentioned, there is talk of threats or dangers of natural, anthropic or sanitary origin that:
- They affect the community located around the establishment generating an over-demand for attention that may or may not exceed its response capacity, that is to say disaster or external emergency respectively.
- They directly affect the infrastructure, equipment and people who occupy the building, surpassing or not exceeding their capacity to respond, that is to say disaster or internal emergency respectively.
Given the risk of internal and external disasters, the establishment must have plans that ensure the continuity of the services as well as attend to the victims that arrive at the establishment. That is the purpose of a hospital emergency / disaster response plan.
