COTS
The Central Ohio Trauma System (COTS) augments disaster response among the region’s hospitals, health care providers, public health and other emergency responders, with patients as the ultimate focus as recipients of that care. COTS serves as a pass-through agency for federal preparedness funds to Central Region’ 27 hospitals and other health care partners who strategically use these dollars to purchase equipment, supplies and training necessary for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive and environmental disaster response.
The COTS Hospital Incident Liaison (HIL) is on-call around the clock, 365 days a year, to serve as a clearinghouse for information and to assist with allocation of resources to hospitals during a disaster. The COTS HIL role is written into city, county, regional and state emergency response plans. COTS created the Central Ohio Hospital Emergency Alert System which uses the Telephone Emergency Notification System (TENS) to rapidly notify hospitals of emergency situations. For more information on COTS’ HIL, click here.
For more information on hospital disaster preparedness, contact Marie Robinette at mrobinette@goodhealthcolumbus.org.