• TOC
  • Page 1
    • Executive Summary
  • Page 2
    • I. Introduction
    • A. Purpose and Scope
    • B. Distribution
    • Internal Distribution
    • External Distribution
    • C. Planning Assumptions
    • Eye Care Providers
    • Surgical Eye Services
  • Page 3
    • II. Demographics, Housing, Geography, Climatology, Transportation and Maps
    • A. Demographics and Housing
    • B. Geography
    • C. Climate
    • D. Transportation
    • Highways in the Greater Houston area
    • The Impact of Blocked Highways in Times of Disaster and Evacuation
  • Page 4
    • III. Hazard Risk Assessment and Impact Analysis
    • A. Hurricane
    • Eye Care Needs, Hurricane
    • B. Flooding
    • Eye Care Needs, Flooding
    • D. Tornados
    • E. Fire, Explosion, Terrorist Attack
    • Texas City Refinery Blast of 1947
    • Texas City Refinery Blast 2005
    • Eye Care Needs: Explosion, Fire, and Airborne
    • 9-11 Terrorist Attack
    • Oklahoma City Bombing
  • Page 5
    • IV. Disaster Readiness Assessment Summary
    • A. PBT/HOS has developed Disaster Readiness Assessment (CDRA) Ratings
    • B. Resource Directories Maintained by PBT
  • Page 6
    • V. Concept of Operations
    • A. Emergency Response Eye Team Member Database
    • Ophthalmologists
    • Optometrists
    • Volunteers
    • Prevent Blindness Houston and State Staff
    • Prevent Blindness Board of Directors
    • Eye–equipped Emergency Centers
    • Major Eye Clinics and Hospitals
    • Spectacle Manufacturing and Dispensing Companies
    • Eye Equipment and Pharmaceutical Contacts
    • B. Credentialing
    • C. Letters of Understanding and Participation
    • D. "Call Out" Notification Plan
    • 1. Emergency Notification Template
    • E. Emergency Supplies
    • 1. Engage eye team in planning treatment area and supplies
    • 2. Supplies
    • 3. Specific disaster supply requirements
    • F. Meet with Red Cross officials to create and implement the partnership
    • G. Meet with County Emergency Management to create, implement and coordinate the partnership
    • H. Medical Template Form:
    • 1. Demographics
    • 2. Chief complaint/allergies/significant medical and eye history
    • 3. Examination
    • 4. Assessment
    • 5. Plan (treatment, urgency of triage)
    • 6. Triage site
    • 7. Transportation mechanism
    • I. Implementation of Plan: "Call Out" Procedure
    • 1. Call out by Emergency organization to Harris County Medical Society; Houston Ophthalmological Society, Prevent Blindness Texas
    • 2. Disaster Committee Members
    • 3. Plan on-going schedule
    • J. Command Structure and Responsibilities
    • 1. Optometrists
    • 2. Ophthalmologists
    • 3. Volunteers, PBT staff
  • Page 7
    • VI. Implementation of the Plan
    • A. Response Triggers
    • B. Responsibilities
    • C. Local Disaster
    • 1. Initial Actions
    • 2. Ongoing Actions
    • D. Reporting Procedures
    • E. Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP)
    • F. Local Government
    • G. Voluntary Agencies
  • Page 8
    • VII. Evaluation and Maintenance
  • Page 9
    • VIII. Fundraising and Public Affairs
    • A. Fundraising
    • B. Public Affairs
  • Page 10
    • IX. Annexes
    • Annex 1 - Houston Area Ophthalmologists
    • Annex 2 - Houston Area Optometrists
  • Page 11
    • Contact Information
    • Prevent Blindness Texas
    • The Houston Ophthalmological Society

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Date last modified: November 29, 2007.
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