Katerina Vichova
ABSTRACT
Numerous extraordinary events and crisis threaten the whole world. These situations endanger the lives, health, and property of citizens. These crises also affect crucial other infrastructure features not only in the Czech Republic. Health facilities are also under threat. This article focuses on crisis preparedness of the hospitals. Each hospital has to face extraordinary events such as a power outage. The hospital cannot operate without electricity in the event of an outage. Each hospital is prepared for this event differently. Each hospital has different generators, different fuel supplies, and various suppliers. For this purpose, the proposed assessment system should be used to determine the crisis preparedness of the hospital for a power outage. The aim of this paper is to present the proposed hospital evaluation system. The article also introduces the problem of security threats and crisis preparedness of the hospitals.
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Index Terms
- Power Outage in the Hospitals
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