Four hospitals in Sandy Springs and the nearby area practiced for mass emergencies recently. Officials of the Georgia Healthcare Community Regional Emergency Preparedness Exercise Program organized the drill, which is held every three years throughout the state.
Mary Beth Spence, a spokeswoman for Emory St. Joseph's Hospital, which is located in Sandy Springs, said that all the hospitals in the Emory system took part in the drill. During this most recent drill, the Sandy Springs location treated and released 26 ‘victims’, who were played by students from Putnam County High School and Discovery High School. The imaginary scenario involved an active shooter and a bombing.
Another participant in the drill was Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, which has its Scottish Rite facility in Sandy Springs. Patty Gregory, a Children's spokeswoman, said that the system has three campuses including the one in Sandy Springs, and all took part in the drill. Northside Hospital, which also has a Sandy Springs campus, was another participant in the event.
The object of the drill is to test how well hospitals can communicate, both internally, and with partner hospitals, in cases of emergency. It Checks to see how well the various hospitals can handle the number of patients who would need care in a crisis, as well as continuing to provide care to those not involved in the catastrophic event.
Exercises like this can flourish if organizers work with newsletter printing companies, which can create a newsletter for the community explaining such tests.
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