hospital & health systems: best practices in hospital anti-terrorism
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Hospital & Health Systems: Best Practices in Hospital
Anti-Terrorism
Scot Phelps, JD, MPH, Paramedic, CEM/CBCP/MEP
Associate Professor of Emergency Management
School of Health & Human Services
Southern Connecticut State University
The Problem
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“It's not feasible to have security devices in hospitals
that you would see in airports and courthouses….Hospitals
are large places with numerous entrances and
exits.”
Hospital officials will "take any appropriate measures" to ensure patient safety, but metal detectors and searches "would really not be appropriate.”
"We're not an airport….We're a quasi-public institute and building. ... It's not the same level of security as an airport."
Critical Infrastructure: Public Health & Healthcare
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