title: Credential volunteers during disasters.
abstract: After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, area hospitals all reported a deluge of volunteer clinicians. This may sound like good news when your facility is suddenly overwhelmed with patients, but it also can be dangerous.
mesh_terms: D003406:Credentialing; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000592:standards*; D004282:Documentation; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D014481:United States; D014838:Volunteers / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence