title: Ready for peace, preparing for disaster Major incident planning in Craigavon A&E department is a necessary fact of life in preparing for the 'Drumcree situation' each year. Garrett Martin discusses how its potential for violence has affected his colleagues.
abstract: Over the past 30 years, emergency services in Northern Ireland have coped with more than their share of trauma and disaster. A&E nurses have been at the heart of this service, often working in extremely difficult and dangerous circumstances. Ironically, in April 1998, at a time when the whole community was experiencing unprecedented hope of peace, staff in Craigavon Area Hospital began making plans to prepare for what potentially could be violence on a massive scale.
authors.affiliation: Accident and Emergency department, Craigavon Area Hospital, Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garrett