Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Evacuation

• 2012

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This video describes a neonatal intensive care unit evacuation at the Medical University of South Carolina Health. MUSC Children's Hospital Neonatal Nurseries is a 66 bed unit in Charleston, SC. The staff filmed a non-urgent patient evacuation as a teaching tool to prepare hospital staff in case of hurricanes.

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Focus Areas: Natural Disasters; Severe Weather

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians; Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stages: Response; Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Disaster Planning; Emergency Medical Services; Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; Neonatal Nursing; Nurses, Neonatal

Institutions: Medical University of South Carolina

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