THREE MAJOR COLORADO HOSPITALS RUN FULL DRILLS WITH FBI

CommonSpirit Penrose Hospital, St. Francis Hospital, and St. Francis Hospital – Interquest participated along with the FBI in conducting full drills to test the preparedness of their staff and systems. The drill was used to simulate a bioterrorism event where a deadly bacteria, Botulinum, was intentionally used to contaminate the milk supply in the city leading to medical emergencies.

Actors and volunteers acted as patients with varying symptoms of botulism, allowing the staff to treat them as if their lives were actually in danger.

“Whether it be a mass shooting, a WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) incident, some type of biological attack, all of these preparations, all of these exercises, it just brings people together… it just brings about muscle memory, puts names with faces, and everybody understands what everybody’s capability is,”

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