Is your hospital prepared for a disaster?

Written by Ilima Loomis | Published 01/07/2016 | Posted in

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“Are you breathing?”

Emergency-Room Doctor David Williams leans over a “patient” covered in realistic-looking ash and blood. Surrounding him in the pop-up hospital tent lie a dozen more volunteer victims, ready for triage after a plane has crashed at Kahului Airport.

Don’t worry yet, it’s a simulation, part of a training program by Maui Memorial Medical Center and other local emergency-service providers to prepare their staffs for a mass casualty disaster.

Read the rest of my Hawaii Business story on hospital preparedness here