Citation

Banner G. Disaster Manage. Response 2004; 2(2): 53-57.

Affiliation

Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, 02908, USA. gregoryb@doh.state.ri.us

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Emergency Nurses Association, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.dmr.2004.02.001

PMID

15133456

Abstract

The State of Rhode Island conducted an exercise to obtain and dispense a large volume of emergency medical supplies in response to a mass casualty incident. The exercise was conducted in stages that included requesting supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile and distributing the supplies around the state. The lessons learned included how to better structure an exercise, what types of problems were encountered with requesting and distributing supplies, how to better work with members of the private medical community who are not involved in disaster planning, and how to become aware of the needs of special population groups.

Language: en