Blueprint

Premise and Situation:

All departments of surgery must have a disaster preparedness program.

The Department of Surgery of Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center has no written structured disaster preparedness program as of May 1, 2003.

Objectives:

To formulate a written structured comprehensive department of surgery disaster preparedness program.

To implement the program either through real or simulated disasters.

To evaluate the disaster preparedness program.

Evaluation:

There is a written department disaster preparedness plan (ddpp).

There is a structured ddpp.

The ddpp is disseminated to all surgical residents and to least the assistant chair for service.

The ddpp is being used in real disasters or simulated disasters (at least once a year).

The ddpp is being evaluated at least after each real disaster and updated thereafter (at least once every 2 years).