T2- Part 3

Discuss your team’s response to this situation as indicated below:

Question 1: What types of communications or alerts should be sent out at this time? What role should healthcare providers play in this process? Who would be the recipients of this information? What information would be included in these communications?

Question 2: How should local hospitals prepare for a possible influx of sick persons or the worried well? What protocols might your unified response team recommend to them at this time? How should your team intervene in the schools? How would you work with school nursing?

Question 3: At this stage of the outbreak, how would the three demographic descriptors identified by your team contribute to your communication efforts and to the operational preparations of the local hospitals?