Deaconess Health System
Deaconess Health System is a
network of health care providers
serving a 26-county area in Indiana,
Illinois and Kentucky.
Actual photo from the Deaconess Gateway security camera
When Disaster
Strikes
Deaconess Health System includes:
• Deaconess Hospital
• Deaconess Gateway Hospital
Will Your Community be
Prepared to Respond?
• The Women’s Hospital
• Deaconess Cross Pointe–
Behavioral Health
• HealthSouth Deaconess
Rehabilitation Hospital
An educational outreach program
and overview of the response
to the November 06, 2005,
F3 tornado in Evansville, IN
• Deaconess Riley Children’s
Specialty Center
• Deaconess Medical Group
• Deaconess Breast Center
• Evansville Surgery Center
• Midwest Radiologic Imaging
600 Mary Street
Evansville, IN 47747
• Deaconess Chancellor Center
for Oncology
educational dvds available
Deaconess Hospital Trauma Services and
Regional Network Services have produced
two educational DVDs that provide an
overview of the November 6, 2005,
Vanderburgh County disaster response.
When Disaster Strikes:
The Pre-Hospital Response
Tornado Response
On November 06, 2005, disaster struck the
Tri-State area when an F3 tornado touched
down in Vanderburgh and Warrick Counties.
Deaconess Hospital treated 49 patients
injured in this natural disaster. Twenty-four
patients were admitted, with 12 patients
going to the intensive care units. Seven
patients required surgery in the first 24
hours after the tornado hit. Twenty-two
patients were treated and released from the
Deaconess Emergency Department.
Thank you to responders
The Pre-Hospital Response DVD focuses on
the following topics:
• Unified Incident Command
• START Triage
• Disaster Tag Use
When Disaster Strikes:
The Hospital Response
The Hospital Response DVD focuses on the
following topics:
• Hospital Preparedness
• Resource Utilization
• Disaster Plan/Policy Review
The When Disaster Strikes educational
DVD series recognizes what went right
and focuses on the lessons learned from
this event.
A promo video of the Pre-Hospital
Response DVD is available on our website:
www.deaconess.com/trauma
If you are interested in receiving full
project details, please contact Kevin
Hendrickson at 1-812-450-6064 or
[email protected].
Deaconess Hospital would like to recognize
the outstanding service provided by the
police and sheriff’s departments, fire
departments and EMS services throughout
our region during this tragedy.
Following the disaster, multiple critiques
have been conducted by response agencies.
Educational sessions are being conducted to
spotlight the November tornado response.
www.deaconess.com/trauma