I thank God, The Most Merciful, for the Gift of Life... and for the conviction to be of Service to Humanity. Here are the S points which are stages on how you will deploy your teams to the HOT ZONES during rainy/flooding incidents: PRE-INCIDENT --- 1. STAGE PERSONNEL WHO ARE CAPABLE OF OPERATING IN FLOOD WATER OPERATIONS 2. SPY-THE-SKY - This means you track weather, vulnerable places and possible hard hit aras for prioritizing your operations 3. SYSTEMS CHECK - Check your equipages, plans, rescue boats and vehicles 4. STRICT COMPLIANCE TO INDIVIDUAL SURVIVAL-SAFETY-SECURITY KITS - Well, this S3 protocol is a must to all operatives. Its a way of life. 5. SCIENCE IT OUT! - In endemic areas where flood-related illnesses are common like Leptospirosis, Doxycycline 100 mg 2 tablets per week is mandatory before immersing in the flood, during immersion and a week after immersion even up to 6 months after exposure according to studies 6. SECURE YOUR FAMILY FIRST - Charity starts at home. Never check out without confirming that your family, yourself, your neighborhood and headquarters are high and dry! DURING FLOODING --- 1. STAGE PERSONNEL FOR DEPLOYMENT - Stage appropriate teams for flood operations in your Command Center/HQ and plan your action. 2. STRATEGIZE - Plan and review Incident Action Plan/SOP with map of operations, time interval of engagements, site staging areas, hospitals where to bring patients, weather monitoring, etc. You must determine your span of control (SOC) and specified area of operations. Implemet the Horizontal Command of the ICS here. 3. STAGE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD WATER EQUIPAGES - Of course, right things to the right job/task 4. STUDY EN ROUTE PROCEDURES - While on the way to the hot zone, study movement of people evacuating,continuously monitor rainfall/flooding/weather/landslide tendency/ security issues. Yuor Toughbook with satellite connections and your triabal skills would really work effectively here. 5. STAGE ON SITE AND PREPARE FOR DEPLOYMENT - check out time with your kits 6. SAFETY-SECURITY-SURVIVAL (S3) EMPHASIS! - Ha, ha... always be on your toes, ladies! Dont put your guard down. 7. SITE-SPECIFIC AND CULTURALLY AMENABLE INTERVENTIONS - Always be sensitive to te needs of the community you are helping. Dont appear like you are from Mars! 8. S.A.L.T. - SORT, ASSESS, LIFE SAVE, TREAT/TRANSPORT - This is the new way of triaging and treating your cases in the field. The START/JumpSTA RT has now become a part of SALT. 9. SPACE AND TIME - Remember, you are not Rambo and you cant be there forever. Sense the Safety officer for instructions to be replaced after specified time 10. SANITIZE - Always take the healthy habit of doning your BSI during patient encounters. appropriate PPEs please! Dont crowd ambulance with dirty laundry. 11. STOCK UP - Re-hydrate and carbo loading ad lib. Dont die in the field with electrolyt loss or what. You will be the funny headline news! 12. SENSE YOUR TEAM MATES - No one is out of visual distance or radio con. No one is left behind. 13. SURE HIT! - Be sure the patients go to the identified medical treatment acilities POST-DEPLOYMENT --- 1. STAFF AND EQUIPMENT RECALL - Check everyone and everything 2. SANITIZE - Clean up guys. Amoy imburnal pa kayo 3. SUAVE YOURSELF - Relax and prepare for next deployment 4. STUDY - Wen things are over, debriefing taks place and study the positive and negative results of your operations; evaluate protocols in the avenues of simplicity, effectivity, and efficiency (SEE). Continuously track for more weather disturbances that might pass along your corridor 5. STOCKPILE AGAIN - Okay, replenish damage and loss of equipment during your ops 6. SPOIL YOURSELF! - Go back to your loved ones and enjoy your time with them High and dry, people! RESCUE 1
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