Kings Country Hospital prepares for next pandemic
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Wearing appropriate protective
equipment and headgear,
NYC Health + Hospitals/
Kings County staff conducted
an emergency response simulation
and training event inside
a Mobile Satellite Emergency
Department (MSED).
NYC Health + Hospitals/
Kings County said the MSED
tractor-trailer, which is a seven
bed Emergency Room on
wheels, was stationed outside
the hospital last week and used
to simulate an alternate care
site, where patients would be
treated in the event of a pandemic
outbreak in New York
City.
The mobile ED, which also
includes a large tent where
patients can be triaged, has
been deployed to other hospitals
and locations locally and
regionally to support public
access to general and emergency
care, NYC Health + Hospitals/
Kings County said.
In a mass emergency event,
it said the mobile unit would
be used to support and ensure
readiness for an unexpected
influx of patients presenting
with emergency needs.
“This simulation event was
the result of the great collaboration
between the Systemwide
Special Pathogens Program,
NYC Health + Hospitals/
Kings County and the Simulation
Center,” said Sean Studer,
MD, Chief of Medicine at
NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings
County.
Bringing the two groups
together to use this kind of high
technology for an event like this
in a simulation setting really
shows how everyone can collaborate
to produce great outcomes
and hone our readiness
for emergency events such as a
disease outbreak,” he added.
The simulation was led by
Syra Madad, DHSc, senior
director of the System-wide
Special Pathogens Program at
NYC Health + Hospitals, and
Studer.
Other Kings County staff
who participated in the simulation
were Drs. Sneha Topgi,
Eunhae Park, Miguel Martinez
and Michael Post.
Sean Studer, MD, chief of medicine and the simulation team.
NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County
DSean Studer, MD, cief of medicine and the simulation team
put on protective clothing as part of the pandemic simulation
exercise. NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County