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Physician Communication - Hurricane/Emergency
(last updated 08/18/08)
Hurricane Physician Command Team will consist of the following:
Washington Hill, MD, Chief of Staff
Sean Dingle, M.D., Chief of Staff-elect
Parlane Reid, MD, Chief Medical Officer
William Morgan, M.D. Associate Chief Medical Officer
Sunny Olson , Director, Medical Staff Services
Physician Command Center :
Physician Lounge on 3ET, phone x1820, x1821
Sunny Olson, phone x 2199
Communication Modes:
Cell phones, SMH website, emails
IF NO COMMUNICATION IS AVAILABLE then physicians should come to the hospital physician command center when road traveling is deemed to be safe. The Physician Command Team will help the relief physicians find their partners or physician they are relieving for report.
A TEAM:
The following physicians will be asked to participate as “A” team members and proceed to the physician command center when an emergency is called:
Specialists: One physician in each specialty who is “on-call” for the Emergency
Department that day/night.
Hospitalists: Two medical hospitalists will be in house, two outside for relief as
“B” team.
One surgical hospitalist will be in house, one outside for relief as
“B” team.
B TEAM:
Rotations among physicians for primary care, if additional help is necessary after the storm, will be established by the Chief of Staff, Chief of Staff Elect and the Chief Medical Officer involving rotations from each of the primary care offices.
Specialists: One physician in each specialty who is “on-call” for the Emergency
Department that day/night.
Hospitalists: One or Two medical hospitalists will be in house as the relief team.
One surgical hospitalist will be in house.
Hurricane Preparation for 2008 Physician Command Team:
Send letter to Physician and Group Managers of the following specialties/groups:
Number estimated required:
| Medical Hospitalist |
2 |
| Surgical Hospitalist |
1 |
| Pediatric Hospitalist |
1 |
| Intercoastal Medical Group |
1 |
| First Physician Group |
1 |
| Cardiologists |
1 clinical/1 intervention |
| General Surgeons |
2 including vascular |
| Neurosurgeons |
1 |
| Urology |
1 |
| ENT |
1 |
| OB/GYN |
2 including Health Dept |
| Ophthalmology |
1 |
| Orthopedic Surgery |
1 |
| Plastic Surgery |
1 |
| Nephrology |
1 |
| Pulmonary/Critical Care |
2 |
| Gastroenterology |
1 |
| Infectious Disease |
1 |
| Anesthesiology |
4 |
| Radiology |
2 |
| Pathology |
1 |
| ER |
Per staffing |
- We will request that the groups provide SMHCS the physician on-call list should we go into hurricane mode, as a service to the community. These lists will be faxed to Sunny Olson at 917-7255.
- Ask these physicians to provide their cell/home phone number and their answering service name and phone number.
- Immediate family members will be invited to come with the physician, animals will be allowed per the hospital hurricane policy.
- In most specialties only one or two physicians will be needed. Due to the unpredictability of vacations the exact members from each group will be requested at the time of the evacuation but a commitment of the on-call person for each group will be requested.
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