Good disaster response planning requires broad involvement of several community groups. Pediatricians, local school officials, school nurses, public health officials, emergency officials and school physicians should work together to improve the preparedness of schools for the unwelcome possibility of a mass casualty event.

We have (integrated evaluation and planning) clinics scheduled the first Thursday of every month at Peoples Community Health Clinic and more often if needed. In addition to the (integrated evaluation and planning) clinics, the Child Health Specialty Clinic child psychiatrist is available in Waterloo via the Web cam at Peoples.

We're a skilled nursing rehabilitation facility open to the community. We're staffed by nurses 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Always in the immediate aftermath of a disaster we have what is called a therapeutic community, where people want to help,

Just absolute disaster from the standpoint of public safety, the community and the county at large, ... litigation catastrophe.

As nurses, we're on the front lines of health care. We know how important it is that everyone have access to the best medical technology and cures, not just a wealthy few.