Hitting the books and studying about how to be best prepared for an emergency is OK.
However, Shawn Foster, the medical countermeasures coordinator for the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services Division of Public Health (DPH), said nothing beats a real-life practice scenario and actual hands-on experience when it comes to getting ready for an unexpected event that could possibly affect the state and region.
That’s why the Division of Public Health held a pair of emergency preparedness exercises, one at Delaware Technical Community College’s Terry Campus in Dover and another at DelTech’s Stanton Campus in Newark, on Saturday to test the readiness of its staff and partners.
The 2019 Delaware Medical Countermeasures Distribution/Dispensing Exercise, organized by the DPH Emergency Medical Services and Preparedness Section, involved around 300 individuals at the two locations.