TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Preparedness of Hospitals to Respond to a Radiological Terrorism Event as Assessed by a Full-Scale Exercise
JO  - Journal of public health management and practice
A1  - Jasper, Edward
A1  - Miller, Margaret
A1  - Sweeney, Brian
A1  - Berg, D.
A1  - Feuer, Evan
A1  - Reganato, Darren
SP  - S11
EP  - S16
VL  - 11
IS  - 6 Suppl
N2  - Hospitals and healthcare workers face the challenge of being prepared to manage victims of acts of terrorism that involve chemical, biological, and radiological agents that they do not commonly encounter. One example that is often cited as a potential terrorism scenario is the use of a conventional explosive that is mixed with radioactive material. On November 10, 2004, we conducted a regional multihospital full-scale exercise involving 11 hospitals and 358 victim-observers to evaluate hospital preparedness for such an event. Our results demonstrate that hospitals are not adequately prepared to manage mass casualties with associated radiological contamination.
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SN  - 1078-4659
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -