{"title":"Lessons Learned from a Pediatric Disaster Plan, Communications, Surge and Secondary Transport Exercise including 28 Hospitals and City Agencies","authors":"M. Frogel, G. Foltin, John Jermyn","doi":"10.1542/PEDS.147.3_MEETINGABSTRACT.1022","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Children are frequently victims of disasters. However, gaps remain in pediatric disaster preparedness. The New York City Pediatric Disaster Coalition (NYCPDC) goal is to prepare NYC for mass casualty events that involve large numbers of children. On May 25, 2017, the NYC PDC conducted a large citywide exercise testing surge, communications, and secondary transport. Participants included 28 NYC hospitals, the NYC Fire Department-Emergency Medical Services (FDNY-EMS), NYC Emergency Management (NYCEM), NYC DOHMH and the NYC Medical Reserve Corps (MRC). The exercise was prospectively designed with specific goals: to test and …","PeriodicalId":222503,"journal":{"name":"Section on Transport Medicine Program","volume":"28 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Section on Transport Medicine Program","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1542/PEDS.147.3_MEETINGABSTRACT.1022","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Children are frequently victims of disasters. However, gaps remain in pediatric disaster preparedness. The New York City Pediatric Disaster Coalition (NYCPDC) goal is to prepare NYC for mass casualty events that involve large numbers of children. On May 25, 2017, the NYC PDC conducted a large citywide exercise testing surge, communications, and secondary transport. Participants included 28 NYC hospitals, the NYC Fire Department-Emergency Medical Services (FDNY-EMS), NYC Emergency Management (NYCEM), NYC DOHMH and the NYC Medical Reserve Corps (MRC). The exercise was prospectively designed with specific goals: to test and …