飓风艾克疏散

UTMB应急管理官员和行政领导开始跟踪飓风艾克在9月1日,星期和参与的德州部门应急管理国家运营中心与国家气象局(NWS)的电话会议周日9月7日。预测路径从格兰德河流域下游不同佛罗里达狭长地带,但它认为德州可能登陆的。在周二的感觉是,风暴路径将登陆在科珀斯克里斯蒂,德克萨斯州和加尔维斯顿登陆有所担忧。周三新NWS数据显示有可能上德州海岸罢工和UTMB领导重新融入这场风暴的准备工作。是决定全面病人需要疏散和评估很快就进行了位置交通资产到9月11日周四在加尔维斯顿。通过周三晚间UTMB领导致力于疏散决定周四凌晨,这实际上是情况下,考虑到隔夜天气信息。

UTMB疏散469名患者的住院大楼,矫正医院和行为健康设施。其中,大约有80新生儿包括婴儿特别注意/重症监护2级和3级宝宝。病人被送到设施在奥斯汀,圣安东尼奥和达拉斯-沃斯堡都市地区。

根据加尔维斯顿市的特殊情况,一个extrahospital地面交通疏散的阻碍因素2英里长的铜锣,加尔维斯顿县。如果安全救护车只能通过这座桥风速低于40英里。这样的风速可能发生早在12小时前飓风登陆。因此,计划均需保证疏散应不晚于这个时间点完成12小时。这个特定的时间计算星期五,2008年9月12日中午12点。UTMB设想的疏散计划这样的风暴潮事件,和一个倒计时120小时(5天)开始和一个“倒计时时钟”h - 120小时跟踪重大事件前的剩余时间对强热带风暴的到来。120到73小时的阶段的飓风到来之前估计一个正规医院值勤表和两个日常会议的紧急行动中心,事故指挥官的领导下。最终决定必须由疏散72小时前到来,为了请求疏散资产在一个适当的数量和适当的工作人员和设备,在此之前的时间点。同时,选择性招生和转移病人UTMB医院停止了。本地到达病人只有动态或稳定化处理急诊(ED),出院或转到其他医院。四百、六十九(469)病人在星期四2008年9月11日,被疏散期间36估计到来之前的24小时持续风速为每小时40英里(H-0)。 All mobile patients and those without need for monitoring were discharged directly and picked up by family members. Eighty-two patients were transported by coach. One hundred, forty-three (143) ambulances were sent to Galveston from a staging area in San Antonio, Texas, some 225 miles away. Forty-eight patients were transferred by ambulance to the nearest airports. Following these shuttle-transports all available 143 ambulances transported patients to the above mentioned hospitals. An additional 23 patients would be picked up by helicopters, directly from the landing deck of the UTMB Emergency Room. One hundred and two correctional patients were transferred from the hospital operated jointly by UTMB and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The patient evacuation was completed within approximately 11 hours with the last patient arriving in Austin just before midnight Thursday night. UTMB had released students on Wednesday, and non-essential personnel on Thursday, as well as essential personnel who were not required to ride-out the storm as evacuations were completed. The UTMB Emergency Operations Center was fully activated on Thursday morning to support the patient evacuation and finalize planning for the hurricane. Contact was established with the State Operations Center/Department of State Health Services Liaison, to keep them apprised of UTMB's status, and with the Regional Catastrophic Medical Operations Center operating at the City of Houston Emergency Operations Center. Tropical storm force winds were recorded beginning in the early evening hours of Friday, and sustained winds of 70+ miles per hour by 22:00. Storm surge and wind driven rain resulted in flooding of lower located areas of the campus by 17:00 and flooding was reported in the McCullough Building basement. Power outages and transfers to generators were reported sporadically beginning at 19:00. Water was first noticed in the lobby of John Sealy Tower by 23:00, and the first floor was cordoned off at the stairwells. At 21:45 John Sealy Annex transferred to generator power and at 23:00 the command center was relocated to the 5th floor of John Sealy Tower. At this time the tower had lost primary power and was being supported by emergency generators. By 01:45, shortly before the eye of the hurricane was over land, water was reported to be over two feet deep in the tower lobby. By 09:30 on Saturday morning the winds had diminished, and water had begun to recede. At this time a roster check revealed all personnel were accounted for and safe.

到周六下午外面是安全的风险和损失评估开始。在员工大会上呼吁15:00和报告警察,接收设施、环境卫生和指挥人员。早期损害的评估表明,洪水和基本服务的中断(国内水、下水道和权力)意味着医疗、研究和教育活动将为一段不明确的时间里被打断。UTMB进入了一个“保存和保护”模式的过程,开始订购储备发电机、水泵、冷却装置和电气设备启动经济复苏阶段。

复苏将持续几个月。

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