Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 44, Issue 6 , Pages 628-634, December 2004

Use of a portable forced air system to convert existing hospital space into a mass casualty isolation area

From the Department of Emergency Medicine (Rosenbaum, O'Connor, Passarello) and Departments of Public Safety, Occupational Health and Facilities Management (Benyo, Williams, Humphrey, Berry, Krebs), Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE; and the Public Health Preparedness Section (Rosenbaum, Ross), Division of Public Health, Dover, DE

Received 12 November 2003; received in revised form 19 February 2004; accepted 9 March 2004. published online 23 August 2004.

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 Presented in part at the National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program (sponsored by the Health Resources and Services Administration), Washington, DC, November 2003.

 The equipment was purchased with funds from the Health Resources and Services Administration–sponsored National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program (grant 4U3RMC00021-01).

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(04)00279-3

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.03.012

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 44, Issue 6 , Pages 628-634, December 2004

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