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hospital preparedness  

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  • Hospital preparedness involves many interrelated areas of medical and nonmedical disaster management. Prior to September 11, 2001, modern hospital preparedness focused on natural and unintentional, human-made mass casualty events and accidents, including earthquakes, tornadoes, building collapse, and airline and school bus accidents. [Source: Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief; Hospital Preparedness]

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