Acquire, inventory, maintain, and provide medical and non-medical care equipment, supplies, and pharmaceuticals.
Update Secondary Person Responsible:
Documents/Tools:
Incident Action Plan
Hospital emergency operations plan
Hospital organization chart
Hospital telephone directory
Radio/satellite phone
PC with internet access, as available
Inventory list and vendor supply list
1. Receive appointment and briefing from the Support Branch Director. Obtain packet containing the Units Job Action Sheets.
2. Read this entire Job Action Sheet and review incident management team chart (HICS Form 207). Put on position identification.
3. Notify your usual supervisor of your HICS assignment.
4. Document all key activities, actions, and decisions in an Operational Log (HICS Form 214) on a continual basis.
5. Appoint Personnel Staging Team members and in collaboration with Support Branch Director, complete the Branch Assignment List (HICS Form 204).
6. Brief Unit members on current situation, incident objectives and strategy; outline Unit action plan; and designate time for next briefing.
7. Meet with and brief the hospitals Materials Management, Procurement and Central/Sterile Supply Personnel, as appropriate.
8. Dispatch pre-designated supply carts to activated triage and treatment areas. Request transportation assistance from the Transportation Unit Leader.
9. Establish and communicate the operational status of the Supply Unit to the Support Branch Director and Procurement Unit Leader.
10. Determine on hand inventory of the following, based on the type of event. May include, but is not limited to:
Airway equipment
Dressings/bandages
Chest tubes
Burn kits
Suture material
IV equipment and supplies
Sterile scrub brushes, normal saline, anti-microbial skin cleanser
Waterless hand cleaner and gloves
Fracture immobilization, splinting and casting materials
Backboard, rigid stretchers
Non-rigid transporting devices (litters)
Oxygen, administration masks, ventilators and suction devices
Personal protective clothing/equipment/masks/respirators.
11. Place emergency order(s) for the critical supplies, equipment and pharmaceuticals needed to the Supply Unit Leader and notify the Support Branch Director.
12. Prepare to receive additional equipment, supplies, and pharmaceuticals. Collaborate with Staging Manager to track arriving supplies.
13. Document all communications (internal and external) on an Incident Message Form (HICS Form 213). Provide a copy of the Incident Message Form to the Documentation Unit.
Ongoing Duties:
1. Work through the Support Branch Director, Logistics Section Chief and Liaison Officer to request external resource acquisition assistance.
2. Closely monitor equipment, supply, and pharmaceutical usage.
3. Notify Security Branch Director to insure control of medications, equipment and supplies, as needed.
4. Restock carts and treatment areas per request and at least every 8 hours.
5. Advise the Support Branch Director immediately of any operational issue you are not able to correct or resolve.
