title: Preparedness under assault.
abstract: Boston's response to last week's bombings put to the test the city's extensive training for emergencies and abundance of trauma centers. Not every city's hospitals may be well-prepared. While the Joint Commission requires hospitals to conduct drills with local emergency response agencies, hospitals can in some cases do "tabletop" drills instead of real exercises. "Some communities don't have funds to do that. So to facilitate that, we allow this to be a tabletop," says George Mills, left, of the Joint Commission.
authors.forename: Jaimy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McKinney
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Landen
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000191:economics*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States