Kern Medical New Associate Orientation Guide

Hospital Incident Command System (HICS)

The Hospital Incident Command System is activated in the event of a disaster. Kern Medical has staff trained in the HICS.

• When activated, every employee has access to the Emergency Operations Plan containing:

o Job Action sheets for all HICS positions.

o Policies and Procedures for all hazard events.

• All employees must:

o Follow instruction issued by your supervisor at the time of an incident.

o Be prepared to provide detailed assessments of their patients and their work.

Did you know?

Kern Medical has:

• 3 emergency generators

• 96 hours of emergency food and water

• 100 cots for patient surge

• 3 large medical tents

• An outside decontamination shower

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