title: Medical response to a natural disaster: the Barrie tornado.
abstract: On May 31, 1985, a tornado devastated an area of Barrie, Ont. Following a prepared disaster plan, the staff of the local hospital managed 155 casualties, including 16 cases of multiple trauma, over 5 hours. The authors summarize the hospital's experience and give recommendations to help the staff of other hospitals improve their disaster plans.
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning; D004190:Disasters; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario; D014218:Triage