In article <000a01be3705$cc1a6a80$643d989e@emerg>, Dr Matthew W Cooke
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>I have been asked to write an article on preparing for the millennium
>celebrations from both prehosp and A&E point of view. I would be interested
>to hear what planning people have done.
not enough yet.
>Has anyone seen any predictions of
>the scale of the casualty problem?
no
my main concern is a breakdown of services *external* to the department
due to a single overlooked Y2K bug paralyzing a main facility - waste
disposal, telephones, electricity, piped gas supply, that sort of thing.
I'm trying to persuade my hospital to prepare by assuming we're going to
be hit by a true "Major Disaster" and practice "the plan" until the
whole hospital knows it by heart.
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chris taylor,frcs cd a&e queen marys sidcup, kent, UK
"I am dying with the help of too many physicians." Alexander the Great
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