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. 2008 May-Jun;3(3):171-80.

Hospital-based disaster preparedness for pediatric patients: how to design a realistic set of drill victims

Shana Ballow  1 , Solomon Behar, Ilene Claudius, Kathleen Stevenson, Robert Neches, Jeffrey S Upperman
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  • PMID: 18666514
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Hospital-based disaster preparedness for pediatric patients: how to design a realistic set of drill victims

Shana Ballow et al. Am J Disaster Med. 2008 May-Jun.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this report is to describe an innovative idea for hospital pediatric victim disaster planning.

Design: This is a descriptive manuscript outlining an innovative approach to exercise planning.

Setting: All hospitals.

Patients: In this report, we describe a model set of patients for pediatric disaster simulation.

Results: An epidemiologically based set of mock victims.

Conclusions: We believe that by enhancing pediatric disaster simulation exercises, hospital personnel and decision makers will be better prepared for an actual disaster event involving pediatric victims.

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