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National Preparedness: Ambulance Diversions Impede Access to Emergency Rooms

House Committee on Government Reform
Special Investigations Division
Abstract
The Special Investigations Division of the House Committee on Government Reform conducted an investigation on emergency rooms’ capability to handle a terrorist attack. The investigation analyzed news reports on ambulance diversions and found that ambulance diversions are a major hindrance to the success of emergency room services.
Date
2001-10-16
Document Type
House Minority Staff Report
Serial Number
Document Length
37 pages
Congress
107
Relation
DOI
Keywords
Staff Reports
PAP Major Code
16: Defense
PAP Minor Code
1615: Civil Defense and Homeland Security
Related Hearings
House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations, hearing on "Terrorism Preparedness: Medical First Response," 106th Cong., H.Hrg. 106-100, (1999, September 22)
Press Releases and Contextual Information
https://web.archive.org/web/20051025054609/http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/story.asp?ID=535&Issue=Terrorism