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FRED Establishment Guidelines
The following guidelines are for receiving hospitals, PSAPs, EMAs, and other organizations wishing to establish a Continuous FRED Monitoring Site at their facility.
Administrative/operational considerations
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Specific employee roles must be designated, empowered, informed, and available to react to alerts by entering the appropriate resource availability information into FRED.
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There is no limit to the number of computers per facility on which FRED may run.
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The FRED monitoring computer may be used for any number of other applications.
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Suitable locations for Continuous FRED Monitoring Sites include:
- Emergency Department nurse's station
- Emergency Department ambulatory triage room
- Emergency Department registration desk
- Security monitoring station
- Switchboard operator's station
- Pharmacy
- Nurse administrator's office
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Regardless of location, you should establish a FRED SOP that designates someone in charge of submitting resource data to FRED in case of an alert. This person may be:
- the Charge Nurse
- the on-call Nurse Administrator
- the Pit Boss
- etc.
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FRED can now issue alerts directly to alphanumeric pagers and text-enabled cellular telephones.
Technical considerations
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Identify a computer system administrator to help implement this section.
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Identify a computer that:
- Runs Internet Explorer;
- Is always on;
- Has an always-on connection to the Internet;
- Is located within earshot of an always-staffed area;
- Has a reasonably loud internal or external speaker set.
The computer may be used for any number of other applications beside FRED.
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There is no limit to the number of computers per facility on which FRED may run.
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Assure that the computer, its network connection, and its browser are configured to allow the following:
- Unrestricted access to, and JavaScript execution on, <http://*.miemss.org:80/*>;
- Continuously inactive logins (although screensaver locking is acceptable);
- META REFRESH
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Put a shortcut to FRED in the following places for All Users:
- Startup folder
- Desktop
- Favorites folder
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