Emergency Preparedness & Response

A well equipped urgent care should be ready for all types of emergencies that may affect the ability to offer patient care, including environmental (current weather and risk for new climate changes), workplace violence, isolated fire, and medical events (global and individual).  Preparedness requires all staff to be responsible for the knowledge to protect themselves and patients during events that may a least last only a few seconds but can be life altering. This page should help to organize resources available for both training and response.  Creating a robust emergency program and familiarizing staff now can help to prevent tragedy in the future.  

MRF with operational model for implementing health emergency response functions - PAHO | WHO