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Emergency group tackles mock disease outbreak in drill
January 31, 2013
By Deb Gau , Marshall Independent
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MARSHALL - Being prepared for a medical emergency isn't just a job for area health care providers. In an event like a deadly outbreak of disease, many more groups, from law enforcement to funeral directors and the media, would all have parts to play.
That idea was the idea behind tabletop exercises that area responders took part in on Wednesday afternoon. Lyon County emergency responders, hospital representatives, public safety officers and others helped form a response plan for a "mass fatality" disaster - in this case, a hypothetical outbreak of plague...
Emergency group tackles mock disease outbreak in drill
January 31, 2013
By Deb Gau , Marshall Independent
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MARSHALL - Being prepared for a medical emergency isn't just a job for area health care providers. In an event like a deadly outbreak of disease, many more groups, from law enforcement to funeral directors and the media, would all have parts to play.
That idea was the idea behind tabletop exercises that area responders took part in on Wednesday afternoon. Lyon County emergency responders, hospital representatives, public safety officers and others helped form a response plan for a "mass fatality" disaster - in this case, a hypothetical outbreak of plague...