This week is Emergency Preparedness Week! This year’s theme is “Be Prepared. Know Your Risks”. The intent of the theme is to encourage us all to understand the risks in our area and learn what actions we can take to protect ourselves, our families, and our community.
Emergency Preparedness at TBRHSC
At Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC), the Emergency Preparedness Committee (EPC) works to ensure the organization has the capacity to effectively prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies. The EPC is comprised of representatives from various programs and services and is responsible for providing oversight and leadership related to hospital emergency preparedness.
TBRHSC follows the Ontario Health Association (OHA) standardized Emergency Colour Code system. Each colour code (as well as Alert 99 and Lockdown) has an Executive Sponsor (EPC member) and working group assigned to maintain the associated policy, review key incidents, and identify education and training opportunities. The Manager, Emergency Preparedness & Security and Lead, Emergency Preparedness work closely with all these groups.
Be #ReadyforAnything by reviewing emergency code policies and your departmental sub-plans. Emergency code policies are located:
- On the intranet (at the bottom of the main page there is a ‘quick link’ to Emergency Codes): http://informed.tbrhsc.net//corporate-info/emergency-codes
- Departmental Emergency Code binders
Happening soon! Vested Designates Drop In Sessions. These optional sessions will be hosted by the Lead, Emergency Preparedness virtually and in-person to provide Vested Designates with additional guidance as related to their valuable role. The first virtual sessions will be hold on:
Wednesday, May 10 at 12:30 p.m. via the following WebEx: https://thunderbayhospitals.webex.com/thunderbayhospitals/j.php?MTID=ma54a02ad834ff142803926caa0c2434c
Meeting number: 2332 748 7305
Meeting password: TBRHSC2023
Thursday, May 11 at 12:30 p.m. via WebEx: https://thunderbayhospitals.webex.com/thunderbayhospitals/j.php?MTID=mf2d942d0540b9b74f1c46564ea4c7eb4
Meeting number: 2345 263 4519
Meeting password: TBRHSC2023
If you have questions, please reach out to your manager or Mēsha Richard, Lead, Emergency Preparedness (ext. 6552 or mesha.richard@tbh.net).
