title: Hospital-based disaster preparedness for pediatric patients: how to design a realistic set of drill victims.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this report is to describe an innovative idea for hospital pediatric victim disaster planning.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a descriptive manuscript outlining an innovative approach to exercise planning.
  
  
  METHODS
  All hospitals.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this report, we describe a model set of patients for pediatric disaster simulation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An epidemiologically based set of mock victims.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We believe that by enhancing pediatric disaster simulation exercises, hospital personnel and decision makers will be better prepared for an actual disaster event involving pediatric victims.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: Shana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ballow
authors.forename: Solomon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Behar
authors.forename: Ilene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Claudius
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stevenson
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Neches
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Upperman
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States