Journal article
Response to a Serious Flood: The St Joseph's Healthcare Experience.
Abstract
Water spread like liquid fire damaging more than 60,000 sq. ft. of clinical and support space, bringing the emergency department (ED) and operating rooms at St Joe's to an abrupt halt. Staff mobilized immediately, calling a hospital-wide Code Aqua (flood) and Code Green (evacuation) for the ED, and launching into action to save equipment and supplies worth millions of dollars. Our path to recovery has been difficult, but we have emerged …
Authors
Dhanoa T; Fuller H; Herechuk B; Trowbridge S; Raab V; MacDonald AM; Coffin-Simpson T; Gosse C
Journal
Healthcare Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 58–62
Publisher
Longwoods Publishing
Publication Date
December 25, 2014
DOI
10.12927/hcq.2015.24119
ISSN
1710-2774