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 Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC)
At TBRHSC, our Emergency Preparedness Committee (EPC) works to ensure that we have 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.
Current EPC members include:
- VP Operations, Clinical and Support Services and CFO (Committee Senior Leader Executive Sponsor)
- Senior Director, Nursing, Academics and Practice Excellence
- Director, Capital & Facility Services
- Director, Cardiovascular, Medicine, and Stroke Program, and NWO Reg. Stroke Network
- Director, Human Resources
- Director, Information Technology
- Director, Medical Affairs
- Director, Medicine, Patient Flow, and Partnerships
- Director, Nursing Practice
- Director, Quality and Risk Management
- Director, Regional Cancer Care North West
- Director, Support Services
- Director, Surgical and Ambulatory Services
- Director, Trauma, Prehospital Programs, Emergency, Critical Care, Respiratory, and Nurse Led Outreach Team
- Director, Women & Children’s and Adult & Forensic Mental Health Programs
- Manager, Emergency Preparedness, Switchboard, and Security (Committee Chair)
- Manager, Occupational Health and Safety
- Manager, Communications & Engagement
- Lead, Emergency Preparedness
- Patient Family Advisor
TBRHSC follows the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) standardized Emergency Colour Code system. Each colour code (as well as Alert 99 and Lockdown) has an Executive Sponsor (who is also a member of the EPC) and working group assigned to maintain the associated policy, review key incidents, and identify training and exercise opportunities. The Manager, Emergency Preparedness, Switchboard & Security and the Lead, Emergency Preparedness work closely with all these groups.
See the EPC’s Terms of Reference document via the link for a better understanding.
If you have questions, please reach out to your manager or Mēsha Richard, Lead, Emergency Preparedness (ext. 6552 or mesha.richard@tbh.net)