Emergency preparedness: the best defense for major disasters.
This article discusses how Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet, Illinois developed its disaster plan and how that plan was successfully tested when a tornado plowed through its service area, causing mass casualties who required both inpatient and outpatient care.
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Silver Cross Hospital, Joliet, IL.
D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004190:Disasters; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D007087:Illinois; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000592:standards*