1. Emergency Preparedness Internal and External Disaster Response Massive car accident. Chemical and Biological warfare. Internal disaster requiring evacuation. Examples of incidents generating an emergency response:
2. Emergency preparedness activities are designed to protect life, property and equipment when an event may interfere with normal operations of the Hospital. T wo Emergency Preparedness Disaster Drills are conducted annually for each hospital with at least one being an external disaster drill.
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7. EMERGENCY CODES CODE RED - FIRE CODE BROWN BOMB THREAT CODE YELLOW INTERNAL DISASTER CODE YELLOW EXTERNAL DISASTER CODE BLACK TORNADO CODE RED DRILL FIRE DRILL CODE GRAY SEVERE WEATHER CODE PINK INFANT ABDUCTION CODE BLUE CARDIAC/RESPIRATORY ARREST HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILL CODE RUSH PATIENT DISTURBANCE EMERGENCY CODES Code Silver VIOLENCE
