"San Jose hospital workers scramble into hazmat suits. Others carry stretchers through disoriented crowds into bright yellow tents, where they prep a decontamination process for people critically injured by a chemical bomb. That was the scene for three hours Thursday at O'Connor Hospital, where health care workers ran a mass casualty drill in the rain. Amid a backdrop of escalating political violence and national instability,"
""We know that anything can happen. Today - it's raining," Tuna told San José Spotlight. "The scenario we're practicing today is: There was a bomb that exploded at Levi's Stadium, a chemical substance was involved and some of our critically injured are covered in it. They've started to arrive at our hospital. We have activated our command center, our hazmat branch and we are doing decontamination for our patients before they enter the hospital.""
Hospital staff performed a three-hour mass casualty drill involving hazmat suits, stretcher teams, bright yellow decontamination tents and simulated chemical-bomb victims arriving at emergency departments in the rain. The exercise activated command centers, hazmat branches, triage setups, sanitary hosing and mannequin casualty flows to test decontamination and patient intake procedures. Nursing students acted as chaotic victims to challenge focus and communication under stress. The scenario followed FEMA-modeled simulations and is one of several preparing county hospitals for active shooters, terrorist attacks and natural disasters such as earthquakes. Preparations aim to ready regional health systems for major events in 2026.
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