Dealing with disasters: how hospitals responded to sulfuric acid leak, tornado, floods.
Disasters can strike at any time, with or without warning. While all hospitals have emergency preparedness plans, anticipating every effect of a crisis on the hospital, staff, and surrounding community can be difficult. This special report will examine the response of hospitals to three disasters--an acid leak in California, a tornado in Virginia, and the summer flooding in the Midwest--and the lessons learned from those crises.
D002140:California; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004190:Disasters; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000379:methods*; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D015146:Midwestern United States; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012637:Security Measures; D013464:Sulfuric Acids / Q000009:adverse effects; D014768:Virginia