Table 1.

Classification of internal hospital crises or disasters

Internal disasters

Internal fire  Internal flood  Structural damage  Power failure  Water loss  Loss of medical gasses  Elevator failure  ICT failure  Chemical spill  Radiation accident  Violence  Terrorist attack*

Combined external and internal disasters

Natural disasters

Geophysical    Earthquake    Volcanic eruption    Tsunami    Landslide   Climate-related    Storm, hurricane, tornado    Flood    Wildfire    Lightning strike   Infectious disease outbreak    Epidemic ~ pandemic

Manmade disasters

Nuclear and radiation accident   Chemical spill   Infrastructural disaster   Warfare   Terrorist attack*

*Can either be an internal or combined external and internal disaster