Portland, Oregon NDMS Federal Coordinating Center Casualty Reception Plan Focus: Local Coordination and Support

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Portland, OregonNDMS Federal Coordinating
Center Casualty Reception PlanFocus Local
Coordination and Support

• Ed James, MSI
• VISN-20 VA Northwest Network
• Liaison Area Emergency Manager,
• Portland NDMS Federal Coordinating Center, Area
  Manager
• Emergency Management Strategic Healthcare Group
  (EMSHG)
• Veterans Health Administration
• Department of Veterans Affairs

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Purpose

• Provide an overview of the Portland NDMS Federal
  Coordinating Center Patient Reception Plan
• Focus Community Collaboration, building and
  maintaining community support

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                              NATIONAL
DISASTER MEDICAL SYSTEM (NDMS) OPERATIONS
PLAN   Portland Metropolitan Area Patient
Reception Plan    Questions, proposed changes or
updates should be referred to   NDMS/FCC Area
Coordinator VA Medical Center P. O. Box 1035
(V1EM) Portland, Oregon 97207
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Patient EvacuationESF-8 Health and Medical

• Federal partnership
• DHS/FEMA, HHS, DoD, and VA

• HHS provides field medical care (DMATs, DMORTs,
  NMRT)

• DoD provides patient transport
• VA and DoD coordinate definitive medical care,
  Federal Coordinating Centers

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Geography
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Key Players

• Portland VAMC, Federal Coordinating Center
• Multnomah County
• EMS
• Regional Hospital
• Portland Office of Emergency Management
• Fire
• Police
• Portland Air National Guard Base
• Air National Guard
• Air Force Reserve
• Port of Portland
• 16 Area Hospitals

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ACTIVATION PROCESS - Alert

• Alert Regional Hospital
• All Call Hospitals, 800 MHz Radio
• Request bed reports
• Alert Notification
• Multnomah County EMS
• Portland Office of Emergency Management
• Oregon Emergency Management
• Oregon Military Department
• American Red Cross Disaster Services
• Oregon Air National Guard
• Port of Portland Communications Center (Airport)
• Report Bed availability to GPMRC via TRAC2ES

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Activation

• Notify Regional Hospital
• All Call Hospitals, 800 MHz Radio
• Request bed reports
• Activation Notification
• Multnomah County EMS
• Portland Office of Emergency Management
• Oregon Emergency Management
• Oregon Military Department
• American Red Cross Disaster Services
• Oregon Air National Guard
• Port of Portland Communications Center (Airport)
• Report Bed availability to GPMRC via TRAC2ES
• Activate EOC at Portland VAMC
• Activate NDMS Patient Tracking System
• Convene Transportation Team meeting

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Reception Plan Overview
TRANSPORTATION TEAM
NDMS EOC (At PVAMC)
AIRCRAFT
Operations Coordinator (PFB) Ambulance
Coordinator (EMS) Military Coordinator (Oregon
ANG) EMS Coordinator (EMS) NDMS Coordinator
(VAMC/NDMS)
Head Flight Nurse
Loadmaster
Ambulatory
800 MHz
Loading
Communications
Transportation
Staging
Regional Hospital (University Hospital)
Officer
Officer
Officer
Officer
Shuttle
Ambulances
Busses
16 Hospitals
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Developing and Coordinating Community Support

• Key Concepts
• Build on Local plans and Resources
• Maintain community relationships
• Contribute and show value to participation

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Build on Local plans and Resources

• Dont re-invent the wheel
• NDMS plans developed around community MCI
  response
• Regional Hospital
• Multnomah County EMS
• EMS assets
• Mutual aid access to surrounding county EMS
  assets
• Portland Office of Emergency Management
• Fire
• Police
• Normal communications systems

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Maintain community relationships

• NDMS Steering Committee
• Plan reviews and updates
• Exercise planning
• Portland Metropolitan Hospital Emergency
  Management Committee
• Hospital Emergency Management Planning
• Emergency Department Nurse Managers Committee
• NDMS Bed Reporting

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Contribute and show value to participation

• Hospital Emergency Management Coordination
• Exercise requirements
• Standards development
• Training support
• Planning resources

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Review

• Overview of Portland FCC Casualty Reception Plan
• Community Collaboration, building and
  maintaining community support

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Questions?

• Ed James,
• Area Emergency Manager
• [phone]
• Edward.james2_at_med.va.gov