In A Moment’s Notice Surge Capacity for Terrorist Bombings Challenges and Proposed Solutions

The authors synthesized comments from a series of expert panel meetings on identifying innovative strategies hospitals could adopt to address terrorism-related surge issues. Surge Action Template 9 (Drugs and Pharmaceutical Supplies) addresses required resources and action steps to mobilize within 4 hours of an explosion “appropriate and adequate drugs and pharmaceutical supplies to treat 300 injured patients for up to 72 hours.”