EVAC-H: Evacuation of hospitals and their critical areas
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-30T14:33:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2025-01-30T14:33:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2025-01-30 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Pan American Health Organization. EVAC-H: Evacuation of hospitals and their critical areas. Washington, D.C.: PAHO; 2025. Available from: https://doi.org/10.37774/9789275127834. | en_US |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-92-75-12783-4 (PDF) | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-92-75-12784-1 (print version) | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/64276 | |
dc.description.abstract | Evacuation of a hospital should be a last resort to deal with the effects of a threat, but if the risk assessment so determines, it will be carried out preventively. The evacuation of a hospital always risks patients' lives, especially those in severe health conditions. Therefore, each hospital should develop its capabilities to execute an evacuation, which should be part of the “Hospital Emergency Health and Disaster Response Plan.” The evacuation and transfer of patients should be the result of planning that includes staff training, that has the necessary equipment and supplies, that maintains the evacuation routes fully accessible, and that establishes the relevant agreements or adjustments with the security systems, pre-hospital transfer and other facilities of the health services network, which allow for an efficient response. The objective of this tool is to facilitate the development or updating of the evacuation procedure* as part of the emergency and disaster management of a hospital (item 147 of the 2nd edition of the Hospital Safety Index [HSI] of the World Health Organization [WHO] and the Pan American Health Organization [PAHO]). The document is intended for hospital managers, planners, and coordinators in health emergency, disaster response, and recovery preparedness. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | PAHO | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo/ | * |
dc.subject | Disasters | en_US |
dc.subject | Disaster Emergencies | en_US |
dc.subject | Complex Emergencies | en_US |
dc.subject | Hospitals | en_US |
dc.title | EVAC-H: Evacuation of hospitals and their critical areas | en_US |
dc.type | Procedures, manuals, guidelines | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | Pan American Health Organization | en_US |
dc.contributor.corporatename | Pan American Health Organization | en_US |
paho.isfeatured | 0 | en_US |
paho.publisher.country | United States | en_US |
paho.publisher.city | Washington, D.C. | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.37774/9789275127834 | |
paho.source.centercode | US1.1 | en_US |
paho.relation.languageVersion | 10665.2/59580 | en_US |
paho.contributor.department | Health Emergencies (PHE) | en_US |
paho.iswhotranslation | No | en_US |
paho.page | 39 p. | en_US |