National Preparedness: Ambulance Diversions Impede Access to Emergency Rooms

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Levin Center Identifier
Document Date
2001-10-16
Report Length
37 pages
Policy Agendas Project Major Code
16: Defense
Policy Agendas Project Minor Code
1615: Civil Defense and Homeland Security
Additional, Minority, Dissenting Views
Report Type
House Minority Staff Report
Found Using Methodology
Yes
Committee(s)
House Committee on Government Reform
Subcommittee(s)
Special Investigations Division
Commission(s)
Idependent Author(s)
Brief Executive Summary
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.
Press Releases and Contextual Information
https://web.archive.org/web/20051025054609/http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/story.asp?ID=535&Issue=Terrorism
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)
Authors–Congress Members
Authors–Staff Members
Authors–Ex Officio Members
Authors–Additional, Minority, Dissenting Views
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14300/954
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House Oversight Committee