Safe emergency evacuation of a Tertiary Care Hospital during the 'once in a century' floods in Chennai, India
| Autor: | Ilankumaran Kaliamoorthy, Balaji Pillai, Ravindranath Kancherla, Sanjay Pandey, Joy Varghese, Akila Rajakumar, Jothi Clara J Micheal, Mettu Srinivas Reddy, Mohamed Rela |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Brief Communication law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental protection law parasitic diseases medicine 030212 general & internal medicine 021101 geological & geomatics engineering media_common Teamwork business.industry Tertiary care hospital flood medicine.disease Intensive care unit evacuation Emergency evacuation Emergency Medical emergency business |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine : Peer-reviewed, Official Publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine |
| ISSN: | 0972-5229 |
| Popis: | The coastal city of Chennai, India, was inundated by unprecedented heavy rains during the last week of November 2015, in what was billed as a "once in a century" floods. Over 350 people lost their lives in the floods. Global Hospital, a 250-bedded tertiary care hospital in Chennai, was heavily flooded leaving more than 100 patients and their relatives stranded inside with access totally cutoff from the rest of the world. This article describes how these patients, many in the Intensive Care Unit on ventilators, were safely managed within the hospital for over 48 h on very limited power supply and resources and then safely evacuated by fishing boats to three other city hospitals. Careful planning, anticipating hazards, identifying critical areas, effective communication and team work contributed to the successful management of this situation. |
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