Emergency Management

At times Waikato Hospital staff have to manage emergency situations or crises. These can include: acute clinical episodes, such as a cardiac arrest fire environmental hazards, such as a hazardous substance spill breaches of security bomb threats utility failure industrial action an unexpected influx of acutely ill patients (such as a multi-casualty incident or public health emergency).

Emergency Management (Ministry of Health) Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management

Depending on the event, this type of incident can have a major impact on one part of the hospital (leaving other areas unaffected), or it can affect the whole organisation.

Emergency plans

Currently there are documented emergency response and recovery plans for each clinical and non-clinical service based at the Waikato Hospital campus, plus one over-arching Waikato Hospital plan. Each of these plans includes:

• how the plan is activated
• critical dependencies
• critical equipment
• key functions
• an alternative location
• duty cards for key people
• resources and supplies required for relocation
• appendices which should include contact staff list and key service contacts.
  

Major Incident Plan

Waikato DHB Major Incident & Emergency Plan 2008-2010

Waikato DHB Pandemic Plan

Part 1: Waikato DHB Strategic Overview
Part 2: Regional Public Health Plan
Part 3: Health Waikato Plan
Part 4: Communications Plan
Part 5: Community-based Assessment
Part 6: Regional Laboratories Plan
Part 7: Midland DHBs' Plan
Emergency Management Plan - Provider Service TemplateStaffing contingency plan for pandemic preparedness - July 2009

Primary Care Pandemic Resources

Waikato DHB Novel Influenza A (H1N1) 09 Pandemic Response Plan for Primary Care
Summary of Primary Care Management for Novel Influenza A (H1N1)