SAQ

15 Minutes per question

You are the duty consultant of your Emergency Department; the local Medical Officer of Health has just contacted you.
One of the local barracks has an outbreak of severe vomiting and diarrhoea.
Over 30 soldiers are ill, of these 15 are going to be brought into Hospital because they are severely dehydrated.  It is thought they contracted something while overseas in Indonesia.

Describe how you would prepare your department for this situation ? (100%)