title: What's in your all-hazards plan? In Boston they were prepared. Are you?
abstract: The best EMS major incident response program comes from excellent day-to-day delivery of care, combinbed with common sense preparedness and an excellent relationship with hospitals, law enforcement and regional public health officials. Expansion of a few physical assets, understanding the regional resources that can be utilized for major incidents, and routine use of an incident management system will lay the necessary groundwork for a major terrorist incident response. System leaders must consider the adaptation of triage efforts and response, with security and responder safety issues becoming an immediate consideration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA. jaugustine@emp.com
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Augustine
mesh_terms: D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D001900:Boston; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005107:Explosions; D006801:Humans; D054527:Mass Casualty Incidents; D023481:Terrorism; D014218:Triage