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THE CIVIL DEFENSE EMERGENCY HOSPITAL DURING NUCLEAR WAR 28112
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- čas přidán 21. 04. 2015
- Created in the 1950s, this animated film describes the Civil Defense Emergency Hospitals, later renamed Civil Defense Packaged Disaster Hospitals. These were 200 bed mobile hospitals based on the military's Mobile Army Surgeons Hospitals or MASH units. The CD hospitals were equipped with supplies for 30 days of operations.
In June 1956, the Federal Civil Defense Authority announced a new program for distribution of civil defense emergency hospitals. The objective was to store these 200-bed hospitals at strategic points throughout the country in or near facilities which could be converted to hospital use in an emergency.
The plan was designed for the safe permanent storage of a hospital in unopened orginal containers at or near the place of eventual usage where it could be unpacked and put into operation with a minimum of delay in event of an emergency. Storage sites were to be not closer than 15 miles to a Critical Target Area nor farther than 50 miles from the area to be supported. At least 15,000 square feet of acceptable space would have to be available for hospital operations. Actual storage space required for the packaged hospital was slightly over 1,800 cubic feet.
The plan was to be implemented through formal agreements with the States. Each State could obtain one or several of these hospitals for storage within its borders by signing an agreement with FCDA under which the State accepted responsibility for adequate custodial, maintenance, and protective care according to established criteria. All aquisition and delivery costs were borne by the Federal Government. Subsequent costs for storage, care, and protection were borne by the State.
Packaged Disaster Hospitals supported Civil Defense and provided medical facilities capable of surviving the destruction of hospitals during a nuclear exchange. In 1953 the Federal Civil Defense Agency began development of a field hospital that could be deployed nationwide. Modeled on the Army's Mobile Surgical Hospital, a 200-bed prototype known as the Civil Defense Emergency Hospital was constructed. Because the Army hospitals were equipped with equipment not necessary for civilian purposes, the Civil Defense Emergency Hospital design was refined further into a facility with durable equipment as a Packaged Disaster Hospital. Originally designed to operate for a few days, the package was expanded to operate independently for 30 days to compensate for limited mobility of the survivors and reduced transportation capabilities. From 1953 to 1957, the Federal Civil Defense Agency acquired 1800 hospitals. Although transferred to the U.S. Public Health Service in 1961, there was no loss in the program's tempo, as 750 additional facilities were purchased and deployed.
Each Packaged Disaster Hospital set weighed approximately 45,000 pounds and required 7,500 cubic feet of storage space. Assembly required 120 person-hours. The hospital included 12 functioning units: pharmacy, hospital supplies/equipment, surgical supplies/equipment, IV solutions/supplies, dental supplies, X-ray, hospital records/office supplies, water supplies, electrical supplies/equipment, maintenance/housekeeping supplies. Supplies ranged from antibiotics, gurneys, and centrifuges to blankets, sheets, and surgical gloves. Narcotics and surgical scrubs were omitted from the package. The Packaged Disaster Hospital also had an ax, hammers, screwdrivers, picks, and shovels. An extensive set of reference materials published by the U.S. Public Health Service was also available, ranging from manuals describing the facility set-up to assembling and installing specialized equipment. The equipment was supported by a comprehensive training program with texts, lesson plans, lecture formats, and a 27.5 minute film.
The last Packaged Disaster Hospital set was assembled in 1962. At the program's zenith, over 2500 hospitals were deployed throughout the United States. The facilities were well dispersed; even rural states such as Alabama had 53 facilities and Arkansas had 18. The concept was also adopted in Canada, where at least 24 similarly equipped packages were assembled.
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July 4, 2020---Watching this a remembering seeing how many hospitals are breaking down due to the number of virus patients. Imagine them with heavy doses of radiation. Thanks for the video....you always show a wide and great variety of films. Much appreciated.
These are a good idea and should be brought back. Today many of the worst casualties would go to trauma centers. North Carolina has a hospital similar to this but in semi-trailers.
It's still done called DMAT
Realistic Post-Nuclear Triage:
1) major injury or exposure to high levels of radiation, treatment would need significant resources through operation and post-operation treatment:
-no treatment, no wastage of medical resources, leave to die/ aid dying
2) injury is severe but patient will survive with short-term resources and patient may contribute in future due to viable skill (eg amputation/ bandaging, use of drugs if patient warramts it):
-treat/operate, minimise use of drugs to level which balances survival of viable individual/ conservation of resources
3) injury can be classified as minimal ( eg removal of shrapnel, breaks, strains etc)
- treat but minimise use of resources (no use of drugs etc)
Basically, if your're seriously injured, the merciful end to your suffering is either a bullet to the head (but bullets are now a viable resource) or a kindly stranger slitting your throat.
That kind of Triage would not be administered in the beginning. It would take time for desperation to get great enough and resources to run low enough. And very likely a takeover by either criminal gangs or Rogue Military/Law Enforcement making the decisions on who lives n dies and dealing with family/friends of those killed.
Well, aren't you the sweetheart? Why don't you perform some of that surgery on yourself?
Excellent point! I had a similar suggestion but I had forgotten that bullets can be a valuable resource when Society collapses.
I like how the women staffing the kitchen are wearing high heels. Very practical.
Having your ass look good in an extreme situation is one of the most ancient survival strategies there is. O.o
the "30 days worth of supplies" might last a week in actual mass casualty situation due to nuclear attack.
Probably not even that long.
During the first critical hours/days after a large scale attack, the dosage of radiation received in leaving a rare shelter would be fatal, even if there was anyone to assist you. I would imagine the majority of surviving health care professionals would be unwilling to leave their families unless physical force was threatened or used. The medicine factories mentioned won't be out of operation for a few weeks or months, they will never open again. The classic quote concerning the post nuclear attack world 'The living will envy the dead' is as true as ever.
Thanks for this upload!
Too many people today walk around like this could never happen.
Great point. It's not only if, it's when this will happen.
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Pre-hosptial Aid Stations and Emergency Treatment Stations with life-saving surgical capabilities are usually the first line of the Disaster Healthcare System, and in nuclear war would be governed by Radiological Defense considerations.
This is the difference between a functional government and a disfunctional.
You are under the impression that there are that many medical personnel still around to perform those duties. One thing for sure, the need for anesthesiologists would be immense.
On a serious note if they could pull this off in 1950s why cant we get our shit together in 2020?
Because those in control today are no longer interested in having Citizens survive.
as a fifties baby, let me assure you that they were in NO WAY prepared back then. Videos like this were primarily to keep people from freaking out over the cold war.
I'm not in the medical field. Here's how I think they would handle triage. Those who are most ill would probably be allowed to die. Cremation pits would be quickly set up to handle the thousands who would be dying every day. There would be no pain or antibacterial meds as they would quickly run out of those. ☹. Not a pretty picture, but I'm being real here. 🧐.
Great point. There wouldn't even be enough civil defense workers to cremate the Dead. I'm glad we can make comments like this. Maybe some government official who doesn't have their head in the sand can read this so he or she realizes the public isn't stupid! Unfortunately for me, I have a severe disability in the event of a nuclear attack I planned not to evacuate my apartment and hopefully I'm in a large enough area where I will vaporize quickly in a blast. Most people don't even think about disabled folks needs in any kind of disaster.
Kinda reminds me of the hospital in the rocks in Budapest
SCARING THE CRAP OUT OF ME
Consider seeing these when we expected a nuke attack at any minute... for most of the 1950's and 1960's.
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03:00 so who dropped the ball in 2020... this has been prepared for half a century? Oh yeah you voted for a shlong and you got screwed by it.
I guess we remembered the lessons better in the UK. We opened emergency hospitals, yet thankfully, they didn’t see much use. Instead expansion of existing hospital capacity took on the additional patient load.
They need oB0MBaCARE....
Friend, I think you missed the pun. o BOMB a CARE. Notice the word BOMB in capital letters. A BOMB, that is.
Good one lol.
@Kitty siren hunter C&O well either way you're dead
Propaganda, there wouldn't be enough emergency medical centers and staff for anyone who survived a blast. Even today. One simple thing that was not mentioned in this video was uncontaminated blood for transfusions. How would that be obtained if most people are dying or dead of radiation sickness? How would our modern medical equipment which is so dependent on computers be protected from radiation damage? God only knows what would happen to people when basic medical supplies completely run out and food is gone. I hate to sound cynical, I think the only Humane thing to offer severely injured people who survive Fallout from a nuclear attack, is a gun in a sheet.
we saw what happened during the early days of Covid, and that was hardly a nuclear attack. Exhausted medics, jammed ERs and ICUs, insufficient PPE, and bodies in refrigerator trucks.