Hospital & Health Systems: Best Practices in Hospital

Anti-Terrorism

Scot Phelps, JD, MPH, Paramedic, CEM/CBCP/MEP

Associate Professor of Emergency Management

School of Health & Human Services

Southern Connecticut State University

The Problem

400%

“It's not feasible to have security devices in hospitals

that you would see in airports and courthouses….Hospitals

are large places with numerous entrances and

exits.”

Hospital officials will "take any appropriate measures" to ensure patient safety, but metal detectors and searches "would really not be appropriate.”

"We're not an airport….We're a quasi-public institute and building. ... It's not the same level of security as an airport."

Critical Infrastructure: Public Health & Healthcare