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Portsmouth hospital practices for disasters

Portsmouth Regional Hospital staffers train at the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Center for Domestic Preparedness


Portsmouth Regional Hospital staffers trained at the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Center for Domestic Preparedness to prepare for large-scale emergencies, according to an article on the Seacoast Online website.

The group spent time in the classroom at the facility in Anniston, Ala., and then took part in staged disasters that included mass casualties, catastrophic natural disasters and terrorist acts.

The center builds realistic exercise scenarios into its courses involving actors as real people with serious injuries and wounds. The instructors also incorporate the use of modern equipment and procedures that responders use in emergency situations, including the activation of a hospital's emergency operations center, the article said.

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June 2, 2014


Topic Area: Safety


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