Large-scale urban disaster drill involving an explosion: lessons learned by an academic medical center.
Disaster drills are an effective way to test a hospital's preparedness for real-life disasters, but an extensive amount of coordination and time is necessary to host a successful drill with a large number of victims. The lessons learned in this drill include a number of planning, education, orientation, and follow-up issues. It is not realistic to believe that a drill can be perfectly planned and practiced; therefore each drill provides another opportunity to improve on past experience.
Sweeney
Brian
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Patient Transportation, EMS Training Center, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, USA.
Jasper
Edward
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Gates
Eleanor
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D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005107:Explosions; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D015143:Philadelphia; D010934:Planning Techniques; D017748:Time Management; D019037:Urban Health Services