Nursing Emergency Response Center Performance Report at Chaophrayayommarat Hospital, Suphanburi Province

Abstract

The situation of the pandemic of the 2019 coronavirus disease, which is a new virus that has emerged and spread to many countries around the world, including Thailand, had outbreak since January 2020, the Ministry of Public Health has announced the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a dangerous communicable disease under the communicable diseases Act as a public health emergency that poses a threat to life and causes damage to the economy of the people and the country. Thailand Ministry of Public Health has adopted the concept of an incident command system to respond to such emergencies.

 The role of nurses under the conceptual framework of the "Public Health Emergency Incident Command System," which emphasizes having only one direct leader, resulting in the establishment of the "Nursing Emergency Response Operations Center" by supporting the Incident Commander of all events with quality and efficiency.

To be sure patients and operators are safe. Chaophrayayommarat Hospital, Suphanburi province, is a nursing department of such importance. Therefore, the Nursing Emergency Response Center was established to: This includes the command "command." Controlling the nursing service system (control) coordinating cooperation (coordination) and communication (communication) 2. Identify the positions, roles, and responsibilities of nursing personnel in the nursing emergency response center. To be clear and suitable for the workload and 3. Develop operational guidelines for a variety of situations to cover all 3 S's: staff, stuff, and system.

According to the results of the establishment of the nursing emergency response center, it was found that: 1. It has a location and can be managed under changing circumstances. 2. There is an appointment and a role assignment that define the duties of the commander and the roles responsible for various responsibilities. 3. Appropriate operational guidelines have been established and can cover all three phases of the COVID-19 outbreak: the pre-outbreak period, the outbreak period, and the disease It can also be applied to emergency situations or other disasters that may occur.