Emergency preparedness drills are standard practice in health care facilities. The purposes for these drills include (select all that apply):
a. Determining if changes need to be made to the plan.
b. Creating improvements to the plan.
c. Working closely with FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency).
d. Testing terrorism response exercise.
A, B
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Correct The purposes of these committees are to plan ahead for possible emergen-cies and create new methods for dealing with the unexpected.
The purposes of these committees are to plan ahead for possible emergen-cies and create new methods for dealing with the unexpected.
Incorrect This is not an action to be taken as part of the emergency preparedness drills.
This is not an action to be taken as part of the emergency preparedness drills.
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