TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1986//
TI  - Airport preparedness for mass disaster: a proposed schematic plan
JO  - Aviation, space, and environmental medicine
A1  - Barbash, G. I.
A1  - Yoeli, N.
A1  - Ruskin, S. M.
A1  - Moeller, D. W.
SP  - 77
EP  - 81
VL  - 57
IS  - 1
N2  - With the growth in the size of airplanes and the number of flights, the potential impact on airports of airplane-related disasters involving large numbers of people is increasing. Such disasters may result from accidents or terrorist activities. Although the development of plans for coping with such situations is a prerequisite to full certification of airports by the FAA, exercising the plans through disaster drills is only a recommendation. This has resulted in a situation where only a small minority of the fully certified airports are actually ready to handle a major disaster. Presented in this paper is a proposed schematic plan for handling the medical aspects of airport disasters, including a discussion of the relevant background issues.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0095-6562
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -