Comments on: Hospital and Health Care Preparedness Report Requires Heeding http://michaelbarrick.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/hospital-and-health-care-preparedness-reports-require-heeding/ Vital Issues in Emergency Preparedness Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:43:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: D http://michaelbarrick.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/hospital-and-health-care-preparedness-reports-require-heeding/#comment-21 D Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:33:39 +0000 http://michaelbarrick.wordpress.com/?p=11#comment-21 We use the virtual second life in Idaho to help hospital personnel across Idaho plan for disaster management. Participants develop an avatar and work in a rural/frontier town to manage a terrorist attack on a resturant. Lots of fun experiences. They have learned the importance of triage in the field and timing ambulance arrivals at the hospital because if no organization takes place, the ambulances all arrive at the same time, overwhelming personnel and losing lives. We use the virtual second life in Idaho to help hospital personnel across Idaho plan for disaster management. Participants develop an avatar and work in a rural/frontier town to manage a terrorist attack on a resturant.

Lots of fun experiences. They have learned the importance of triage in the field and timing ambulance arrivals at the hospital because if no organization takes place, the ambulances all arrive at the same time, overwhelming personnel and losing lives.

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