On Wednesday, July 26, 2023, from noon to 4 p.m., Cooper’s Disaster Medicine, Emergency Department, and Trauma teams will partner with the Camden County HAZMAT team to conduct a full-scale decontamination exercise.
Community volunteers will act as victims exposed to an unknown chemical agent. The volunteers will undergo “field decontamination” with Camden County’s mobile Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Threats Task Force, “mass casualty decontamination” with our fire hydrant Trident One decontamination system, and finally “hospital decontamination” provided by Cooper’s emergency department and trauma technicians and nurses.
This large-scale event will help prepare our community for a chemical, biological, or nuclear event and will help reinforce the professionalism and collaboration between Cooper and Camden County.
For more information, please reach out to the Medical Director of Disaster Medicine, Dr. Simon Sarkisian, at sarkisian-simon@cooperhealth.edu.