Hospital organizational response to the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island : implications for future-oriented disaster planning / Christopher Maxwell.
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TextPublication details: [United States : s.n.], c1982Description: p. 275-279 : mapDDC classification: - 363.179909748 21
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At head of title: Commentary
Cover title
Includes bibliography (p. 278-279)
Reprinted from AJPH, March 1982, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 275-279
Spiral bound
Contents include: Census reduction -- Staffing -- Administrative response -- Emergency/critical care services -- Hospital evacuation and transportation -- Key problems and recommendations
The 1979 nuclear accident at Three Mile Island (TMI) near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, caused severe organizational problems for neighboring health care institutions. Dauphin County, just north of TMI, contained four hospitals. Crash plans effected within 48 hours of the initial incident successfully reduced hospital census to below 50% of capacity. Future-oriented disaster planning should include resource files of host institution bed capacity and transportation capabilities for the crash evacuation of hospitalized patients during non-traditional disasters
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