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Study: Physicians and nurses worry about weak emergency response
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October 15, 2008
New research indicates that emergency department physicians and nurses have concerns that hospitals may not be able to adequately handle a terrorist attack that uses radioactive materials.
Researchers held focus groups with 77 participants to discuss the scenario of the detonation of a radiological dirty bomb. The results appear in the October 2008 issue of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, a journal published by the American Medical Association (you can read an abstract of the study by clicking here).
- The possibility of a hospital being overwhelmed by a dirty bomb attack in the community
- The safety of loved ones
- Potential staffing problems
- Emergency readiness and response shortcomings
- Protection from contamination
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