Training equipment donated by Microgaming Health & Care Trust will offer Noble’s Hospital staff their most challenging practice session for a major incident to date.
Hospital staff will take part in a complex table top exercise at Keyll Darree training centre on Friday 4 May using the latest Emergo Train System provided by Microgaming PlayItForward.
A scenario to be revealed on the day will test the reaction of Noble’s Hospital to a major incident. The Emergo kit comprises components which represent individuals, roles and groups - including injured citizens, nurses, doctors, surgeons, anaesthetists, specialists, managers and ancillary staff.
Miniature characters each with a unique card displaying their condition, will present staff with a rapid series of challenges to provide appropriate treatment in real time. Every step of a patient’s journey, from triage in the emergency department to post-surgery ward care must be catered for, while the demands of patients already in hospital and relatives will add a further challenge.
The Emergo system is recognised internationally as a tool to test existing major incident strategies. It has been widely used in the United Kingdom to prepare emergency service teams for incidents involving large numbers of casualties such as natural disasters and epidemics.
The kit is designed to test crisis management and demands a high level of team work, logistical thinking and resilience from hospital staff. It has been used in exercises in more than 30 countries.
Dr Gareth Davies, Hospital Lead for Emergency Preparedness said:
‘We are really grateful to Microgaming Health & Care Trust for supporting this venture. Major incidents are rare but demand the utmost out of staff in stressful times.
He added:
‘Training and exercising is vital. The new Emergo Train System will hopefully add a degree of reality and objectivity to what is essentially a paper exercise.’
The event will build on the first table top exercise of this type in the Island, held last year. It was also led by Dr Davies, who had recently taken up a post at Noble’s as emergency department consultant and who has led teams at several major incidents in London, including rail disasters, the 7/7 bombings and more recently, the terrorist attacks at Westminster and London bridges.
Keyll Darree’s rooms will become the scene of intense activity during the afternoon as the scenario unfolds, hosting a mock emergency department, operating theatres, intensive care unit, X-ray facility, control room, media centre, relatives’ reception and patient discharge lounge.
A debrief will be held at the end of the afternoon in the lecture theatre with feedback invited from participants. Useful experience from the exercise will be used to develop and improve the hospital’s existing plans for dealing with a major incident.Training equipment donated by Microgaming Health & Care Trust will offer Noble’s Hospital staff their most challenging practice session for a major incident to date.
Hospital staff will take part in a complex table top exercise at Keyll Darree training centre on Friday 4 May using the latest Emergo Train System provided by Microgaming PlayItForward.
A scenario to be revealed on the day will test the reaction of Noble’s Hospital to a major incident. The Emergo kit comprises components which represent individuals, roles and groups - including injured citizens, nurses, doctors, surgeons, anaesthetists, specialists, managers and ancillary staff.
Miniature characters each with a unique card displaying their condition, will present staff with a rapid series of challenges to provide appropriate treatment in real time. Every step of a patient’s journey, from triage in the emergency department to post-surgery ward care must be catered for, while the demands of patients already in hospital and relatives will add a further challenge.
The Emergo system is recognised internationally as a tool to test existing major incident strategies. It has been widely used in the United Kingdom to prepare emergency service teams for incidents involving large numbers of casualties such as natural disasters and epidemics.
The kit is designed to test crisis management and demands a high level of team work, logistical thinking and resilience from hospital staff. It has been used in exercises in more than 30 countries.
Dr Gareth Davies, Hospital Lead for Emergency Preparedness said: ‘We are really grateful to Microgaming Health & Care Trust for supporting this venture. Major incidents are rare but demand the utmost out of staff in stressful times.
He added:
‘Training and exercising is vital. The new Emergo Train System will hopefully add a degree of reality and objectivity to what is essentially a paper exercise.’
The event will build on the first table top exercise of this type in the Island, held last year. It was also led by Dr Davies, who had recently taken up a post at Noble’s as emergency department consultant and who has led teams at several major incidents in London, including rail disasters, the 7/7 bombings and more recently, the terrorist attacks at Westminster and London bridges.
Keyll Darree’s rooms will become the scene of intense activity during the afternoon as the scenario unfolds, hosting a mock emergency department, operating theatres, intensive care unit, X-ray facility, control room, media centre, relatives’ reception and patient discharge lounge.
A debrief will be held at the end of the afternoon in the lecture theatre with feedback invited from participants. Useful experience from the exercise will be used to develop and improve the hospital’s existing plans for dealing with a major incident.
