Abstract
IN OUR PRESENT complex society, each hospital, however small or specialized, should have a well-planned disaster program. This program should have provisions for intensive care of fewer than 50 patients and emergency care for large segments of its potential population in case of mass catastrophe. With the expansion of the uses of atomic energy and the distinct possibility of atomic and thermonuclear warfare, the emergency hospital program must make special provisions for the unique problems created by radiation—expressly contamination. Preplanning for radiation accidents is essential.<sup>1,2</sup>The possibility of such occurrences can almost always be anticipated and adequate provisions made. If the hospital is required to care for highly contaminated patients without having some type of simple prearranged program, it can be placed in an absurd and difficult position, with resulting contamination of many of its facilities which may then be lost to other patients. The expense of decontaminating buildings
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