EOC Tours are schedule bi-weekly throughout the YKHC hospital, BH and LTC buildings. The EOC tour consist of surveying the following areas, Emergency Management, Safety & Security, Leadership, Nursing, Infection Prevention, Maintenance and EVS. This is a staff knowledge and inspection survey. Below is the Emergency Management questions we ask during an EOC Tour:
| 1. What is the code for Internal Disaster? What is a disaster? Triage Internal – Internal Disaster Triage Internal – Patient Surge Disaster event that affects hospital routine and patient care internal or external. Natural or man-made. Usually high number of trauma patients |
| 2. What is HICS? (Hospital Incident Command System) System we use to organize staff & resources for effective response to disaster |
| 3. Where is Incident Command Post? (ICP) YKHC Hospital – 3rd floor Administration Office, Conference room near ER, CHSB Board Room |
| 4. What is a Recall List? List of staff names with phones numbers, updated quarterly. Report names of available staff on site during a disaster. The supervisor fills it out. |
| 5. Can you leave and go home during Code Triage (internal/external)? No. You can only be dismissed by your supervisor. |
| 6. What is your role when a disaster is activated? Report to your department or supervisor or Labor Pool for assignment. Be ready. |
| 7. Emergency after hours; where should you report? Labor Pool (Wellness/Diabetes Center) |
| 8. Can you give disaster information or statement to media? No. Only the Public Information Officer (PIO) |
