Journal of healthcare materiel management
Emergency preparedness: the best defense for major disasters
Abstract
This article discusses how Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet, Illinois developed its disaster plan and how that plan was successfully tested when a tornado plowed through its service area, causing mass casualties who required both inpatient and outpatient care.
Source and rights
Published by Journal of healthcare materiel management, 1991. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.
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At a glance
- Published
- 1991
- Applies to
- 🇪🇺 Europe
- Scope
- Regional
- Journal
- Journal of healthcare materiel management
- PubMed
- 10112142
- Added to Prognia
- 16 July 2026
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