[Emergency response plans in France]

Soins. 2021 Jun;66(856):16-19. doi: 10.1016/S0038-0814(21)00157-2.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Disaster is a risk which health professionals must learn to manage without ever being sure that they will be confronted with it. A health crisis will have potentially significant repercussions within healthcare facilities. Emergency response plans as well as a shared culture enable healthcare workers to face a crisis by being organised.

Keywords: "Orsan" plan; COVID-19; Covid-19; catastrophe; crise sanitaire; disaster; dispositif Orsan; emergency response plan; health crisis; plan de secours.

MeSH terms

  • Disaster Planning*
  • Disasters*
  • Emergencies
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • France
  • Health Personnel
  • Humans