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Overturned Bus Drill Tests Mass Casualty Response
A routine mass casualty drill simulated a charter bus collision at Old US 50 and Interstate 35 near Ottawa. RMH and the Franklin County Ambulance Service staged the exercise, briefing staff, using Medi-Tags, and coordinating mutual aid from Anderson and Douglas counties while hospital volunteers role played victims to test triage and emergency procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US 50
Franklin County Ambulance Service
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Civil Defense
RMH
Nellie Welton
Willow
Brad Ryckert
Ottawa
RFD 2
Marsha Williams
Faye Rubick
Rubick
Emts
Ted McCurdy
Douglas County
Anderson
Douglas
Sheriff's Department
Highway Patrol
Tawa Department of Public Safety
DPS
McCurdy
Phil McCracken
Jerry Pfeifer
RMH Safety Committee
Karen Stein
Donald Philgreen
Diane Caryl