1 FLAGSTAFF MEDICAL CENTER a member of Northern Arizona Healthcare

Southeast Region South-Verde Valley Region Flagstaff Region Northeast Region Northeast-Apache Region 2 NAH Service Area

3  271 beds  45,000 ED visits  13,000 IP visits  OP visits  Our primary service area is larger than the state of Massachusetts  Celebrated our 75 th anniversary in 2011 Quick Facts

This is the view from our sky bridge

5 6 Helicopters and 2 fixed wings

6 14 ground ambulances that cover an area greater than 6200 square miles

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN

8 FMC is part of the Coconino County/City of Flagstaff Emergency Operations center. The group works together with the county, city, and state planning agencies….The role of FMC is to function as an acute medical care facility… Section 3D-1 (pg 6) of the Emergency Plan states….

9 Priority is given to alternate areas on campus Mutual aid/Transfer Agreements – Prescott – Verde Valley – Little Colorado Medical Center – Kingman Regional – Tuba City Medical Center Local SNF’s Surge Capacity/Alternate Care Sites

10 Section 4-19 states: Volunteer practitioners may be granted employment on a case by case basis by the Director of Human Resources (or designee) or the Incident Commander (or designee) to help provide patient care during a disaster. Volunteer practitioner employment will be instituted only when the full Code Triage plan has been implemented and when the organization is unable to meet the immediate patient needs. Volunteer Providers

11 Volunteers cont… Section 6 of the Med Staff Bylaws regarding a disaster states: … Medical Staff, may be accepted to work in the facility during a disaster, temporary disaster privileges may be granted on a case by case basis by the FMC President (or designee) or the President of the Medical Staff (or designee) or the Department Chair to help provide patient care during a disaster.

12 So what is NAH’s surge capacity to assist in a disaster?

13 Questions? Kai McSwain, MD, MHA Vice President Professional Services Flagstaff Medical Center, a part of Northern Arizona Healthcare 1200 North Beaver Street Flagstaff, Arizona (928) office * (928) fax It depends…