Pharmacy mass casualty disaster plan implemented after the train wreck.
The involvement of a hospital pharmacy department in a mass casualty disaster revealed strengths and weaknesses of the department's disaster response plan. Effective communication and notification within the pharmacy department and the need to plan to have pharmacists in the triage area to determine patients' lost medications are important areas that the department had not practiced in disaster drills.
Providence Hospital, Mobile, AL 36608.
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D000059:Accidents; D000407:Alabama; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011890:Railroads