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MORTUARY SERVICES

In the event of an emergency involving deceased patients, the organization will contact the local medical examiner for the appropriate clearance and procedures. Arrangements with Pima County Office of Emergency Management have been made and a transport refrigeration truck will be dispatched to the hospital and located near the Northwest Corner of the building. Bodies will be appropriately tagged and housed in the refrigeration truck until positive ID and the claiming process have been instituted. Those contaminated deaths will be deemed un-releasable to family until appropriate decontamination of the body has taken place. This process will be handled by the local county Medical Examiner's office. Contaminated bodies will be taken to the morgue until the refrigeration truck arrives. The Medical Examiner's office will be notified at 294-3846 when the refrigerated trailer is full or the disaster has been cleared. If a refrigeration truck is unavailable areas in the loading dock area can be utilized until further arrangements can be made through the Pima County Office of Emergency Management or the Pima County Health Department. Refer to the Mass Fatality Plan on deceased patients during an emergency.

CARING FOR MASS CASUALTIES
Oro Valley Hospital has designated treatment areas for mass casualty triage, decontamination, and other major emergency situations.Treatment areas are identified below:

US Patent Numbers 7,720,998 B2, 7,836,207