In Hospital Checklist for the initial medical management of terror attack

√ Confirm information

√ Gather data: Type of event, location, estimated number of casualties,         severity of injuries, estimated time of patients’ arrival

√ Evacuate emergency department

√ Call for extra medical and paramedical staff

√ Notify operating rooms, imaging, blood-bank

√ Stop elective operations

√ Assign a triage officer

√ Decide whether decontamination will be needed

√ Decide whether to set up extra admission areas

√ Open control station

√ Open public information center

Checklist for operations during Weapons of Mass Destruction
(WMD) terror attack

√ Detect the event

√ Identify the agent by: a. Clinical signs
                                          b. Lab tests
√ Operate containment measures

√ Decontaminate

√ Use antidotes and supportive measures

Emergency Medical Service (EMS) checklist for terror related Mass
Casualty Event (MCE)

Dispatch Center

√ Confirm the data

√ Gather information :What happened (nature of event), where,
    estimated number of casualties, hazards

√ Send teams (Use: alarms. radio, pagers)

√ Report – police, fire brigades, headquarters, hospitals, regional
   dispatch center

√ Keep dedicated radio channel for event management

√ Document resources and needs
 

Scene Commander (First Paramedic or Emergency Medical Technician-EMT)

√ Take command

√ Assess hazards

√ Report: What happened (nature of event), where, estimated
   number of casualties, hazards

√ Assess needs and report

√ Report to police commander. Assign access and evacuation routes

√ Assign triage officer

√ Supervise medical treatment

√ Supervise evacuation, in accordance with dispatch center guidelines