It was just a hoax, but the hospital staff wanted to make the worst-case scenario, they are ready for what comes their pandemic real.
"We try to simulate a situation where we have insisted on all our resources on it and how we would react to a situation so extraordinary," said Adams.
"During a pandemic, we have literally hundreds of people who want to be treated, and our supplies, communications, security and human resources will be pushed to the limit."
As CEO of the hospital, Adams was at the controls, so if something happens to him, carried out.
So exercise with Adams comes to the hospital in full arrest.
"Everyone is susceptible to the disease," said Deanna Wolfe, coordinator of trauma care at the hospital.
"In this exercise, two thirds of our staff is sick, and most of our resources are declining. In contrast, the ratio of 1 nurse) were (nurse) to 5 (patients 1-20 pandemic.
The exercise was conducted nationwide to all hospitals Mountain Star and follow the guidelines of the Ministry of Health based in Utah.
"H1N1 has so far caused few deaths, and simply do not know if I can mutate and lead to increase tensions," said Wolfe.
"We want to ensure we are ready to increase our plan, which means that patient at least 20 percent more who are allowed to go to be treated. Literally doubled our capacity and in nurseries.
The Clearfield Job Corps students have played the role of patients at the entrance to the emergency room with the bomb.
The lack of protective masks in the nation, no one used during training. However, in actual situation for everyone, including patients, their families and hospital staff must wear masks, "said Wolfe.
Frank Tiboni-Jones aims to play a 61-year-old victim of the bird in the hospital with chest pains, fever arrived, coughing, chills and shortness of breath.
"They make me go, home with a package for me," he said.
"I also took aspirin. AND 'frightening to think and it would be difficult not to panic, but it will really happen, I think he would do everything possible to care at home before the hospital, because I know it is very dark.
Mr. Wolfe Tiboni-Jones has the right idea.
Although the hospital did not want to discourage people from seeking help, he also wants the public knows they can take, measures of self-help. Clinics can also be used to treat patients.
"Not only be able to meet the patients most severely ill who come here during a pandemic," said Wolfe. "But not enough to send people home. We'll give you a package, what to do to help themselves, and if not better, and it is something worse, we certainly want to return. "
Weber County Medical Reserve Corps, was on hand with the drilling and pastoral care.
Just this week, a presidential advisory panel released a report that up to 90,000 people could die in the United States of H1N1 in the fall and winter. The report shows that the figure was only one scenario "plausible" that the nation must be prepared to handle, too.
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