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Dialysis Patient Needs In A Disaster
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CMS Disclaimer: This presentation was developed by Northwest Renal Network while under contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD, contract # HHSM-500-2006-NW016C. The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS Policy.
Lynda Ball, QI Director,
Northwest Renal Network
Jim Curtis, QI Consultant,
ESRD Network # 16
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What is Dialysis?
• Dialysis is a medical treatment for people who have kidney failure.
• Dialysis patients come into a dialysis center three times a week to have the impurities cleaned out of the blood stream.
• Large needles are placed in a special access in the patient’s arm. Blood is pumped out of their body, cleaned, and then pumped back in.
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Dialysis Facilities
• Dialysis facilities are very dependent on electricity and water for their operations. They cannot operate without the required utilities.
• The nurses and technicians that perform the dialysis treatment have had specialized training.
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Facility Disaster Preparation
• Develop individual facility disaster plan
• Build relationship with utility representatives
• Build relationship with local disaster planners
• Educate the staff and patients on disaster plan
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Facility Disaster Preparation
• Secure the dialysis facility• Secure equipment to minimize potential harm
to persons or property
• Secure medical records
• Secure business records
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Emergency evacuation
• “Clamp and Cut” procedure to get off the dialysis machine quickly (leaves about 1 cup of blood behind)
• Designated gathering place
• Emergency evacuation box should have needed supplies for removing needles, etc.
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The Patient Connection to the Dialysis Unit
• Patients receive life sustaining treatment
• Spend a minimum of 15 hours a week at the dialysis unit
• Have a close connection to staff and other patients
• Feel the unit is a home away from home
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Home Dialysis Patients
• Home hemodialysis patients have treatment at their homes 3 to 6 times per week
• Difficult to take a hemodialysis machine and supplies with them in an evacuation
• Will have the same needs as a hemodialysis clinic patient
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Home Dialysis Patients
• Peritoneal dialysis patients perform treatment at home
• Can be done away from home• Some patients will be able to take supplies
with them and perform treatments away from home
• Greatest need will be a continuing source of supplies
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Dialysis is a Necessity not an Option
• Patients will become critically ill and perish without treatment
• This is basic life support that becomes more important than anything else during a disaster
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Patient Concerns if Treatment is Interrupted by a Disaster
• Heightened sense of fear and confusion
• May be physically weak, dizzy, disoriented
• May have just begun treatment at time of disaster and will be concerned about next treatment
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Issues in Disasters
• Many dialysis facilities may be inoperable
• Patients can be scattered in the evacuation.
• Utilities and supplies can be scarce
• Local communication can be disrupted.
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Needs of Patients in a Regional Disaster
• Priority will be to find and receive treatment
• Patients should have some disaster preparation
• As a group, they will be weaker and sicker than the average person
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Patient Disaster Preparation• Patients should be provided educational guides on
surviving a disaster, such as those created by CMS and the National Kidney Foundation
• The information in these manuals is general and will not work for every patient in every situation
• Information includes: Preparing for an emergency, gathering important medical info, alternative arrangements for treatment, emergency supplies, diet, disinfecting water
• Dialysis providers should provide additional patient education regarding their emergency plan
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Patient Disaster Preparation
• Unless they are told to evacuate, patients are instructed to stay at home as long as it is safe to do so
• Patients should take emergency supplies with them, as listed in these manuals
• Start the emergency/disaster diet (sometimes called the three day diet) immediately
• If patients must go to a shelter, to inform the person in charge of their special needs
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Dialysis Patient Special Needs During a Disaster
• INFORMATION! • Greatest fear will be where and when will
they receive treatment
• Will want to know who is in charge
• Will need to be reassured that their needs are understood
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Dialysis Patient Special Needs During a Disaster - Diet
• Special diet reduces protein and potassium
• Sodium restriction is very important
• Patient disaster manuals have detailed meal plans included
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Dialysis Patient Special Needs During a Disaster – Fluid
Restriction
• Fluid Restriction will be a primary concern in patient survival
• Fluid overload is a major threat to health that will lead to death if dialysis treatment is not received
• Fluid intake guidelines are included in the patient survival manuals
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Thank You!
Questions?
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Links
• www.esrdncc.org
• www.kidney.org/help
• www.kcercoalition.com
Special Thanks to ESRD Network 16
for Developing This Resource!
www.nwrenalnetwork.org