Listening to the Utah Dept of Health conducting the CSEP Notification exercise the last couple of times, it is apparent that some hospital ER rooms are poorly trained in the use of their radios. For example, LDS Hosp ER kept answering DoH Dispatch who was calling on Hospital Common TG on their own LDS TG, not Hosp Common. The ER nurse didn't know the Hosp Common alarm she was hearing was a separate radio, she called it a "phone" and had the volume on that radio turned down.
Some other Hosp ERs didn't answer at all on either their own TG or Hosp Common. Some of the hospitals he called apparently keep the volume on one or both radios turned down... or...if they don't hear a call specifically for them, they ignore it. Proper radio procedures were slim to none on some of the check-ins.
We know ERs are busy places with other priorities but training needs to be improved so they can be effective if/when the crap hits the fan.
On a positive note, I snagged some new or seldom heard hospital radio IDs.
That's my 23.5 ¢ rant.
Some other Hosp ERs didn't answer at all on either their own TG or Hosp Common. Some of the hospitals he called apparently keep the volume on one or both radios turned down... or...if they don't hear a call specifically for them, they ignore it. Proper radio procedures were slim to none on some of the check-ins.
We know ERs are busy places with other priorities but training needs to be improved so they can be effective if/when the crap hits the fan.
On a positive note, I snagged some new or seldom heard hospital radio IDs.
That's my 23.5 ¢ rant.
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