This mass casualty incident was only a simulation. But emergency management officials know that it’s a matter of when—not if—the region is affected by a reallife event that threatens to overwhelm emergency medical services.

The 2019 mass casualty incident exercise was organized by several Hamilton County, Ohio agencies and the Greater Cincinnati Disaster Preparedness Coalition, specifically to test how the region’s hospitals would respond to a reallife disaster. Fortyfive organizations and health systems from around Hamilton County were involved, including 395 volunteers and 170 first responders.
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