Mo. ambulance director recalls recent anthrax scare

By Gary Carmack
The Pulaski County Daily

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Readers will probably surmise (correctly) from the title that this article is due to the recent event at the Pulaski County Jail. I thought I would tell the readers more about what emergency medical services do when responding to this kind of incident.

EMS commanders must make plans for decontamination, triage, treatment, and transport. Questions related to those issues include how many potential victims are present and how many ambulances are needed. The EMS commander must contact other ambulances, hospitals, and other needed operations.

When Saturday's incident struck the county jail, I immediately called General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital (GLWACH) ambulance personnel as well as the hospital's medical staff.

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