Mass Casualty Drill at Dulles International Airport

Dulles-airport-aviation-disaster-drill — Photo Credit Becky DePodwin

In April, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority conducted a mandatory mass casualty disaster drill. The location was Dulles International Airport in Virginia just outside of Washington, D.C. These exercises are supposed to be held every three years.

Dozens of actors played the roles of the patients strewn around. Two of the mock-patients included our show regulars Becky and Dan DePodwin. Also on the show were co-hosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis.

Thank you as always to Paragon Medical Education Group for their long-term support of the Disaster Podcast. Dr. Joe Holley and the team at Paragon continue to provide excellent and customized disaster response training to jurisdictions around the U.S. and internationally as well.