Hacon W S
Can Med Assoc J. 1967 Jan 28;96(4):185-91.
Canada has a good National Medical Stockpile valued at 21 million dollars and consisting of packaged emergency medical units ready for use in peacetime or wartime disaster. These units are available for release to provinces for pre-positioning in selected communities provided that certain storage conditions are met and that physicians and other key health workers are prepared to take operational charge of the equipment. The major packaged units are the Emergency Hospital with a capacity of 200 beds, the Advanced Treatment Centre with equipment to give emergency medical care to 500 casualties, the Casualty Collecting Unit with equipment to give first-aid care to 500 casualties, the Emergency Blood Depot, the Emergency Clinic and the Emergency Public Health Laboratory. In addition, training equipment, supplies and units are provided.The value of the stockpile has already been demonstrated in disasters occurring inside and outside Canada. Ten Emergency Hospitals have been shipped to South Vietnam for civilian use. A similar Emergency Hospital was flown to Yellowknife, N.W.T., within 24 hours of the destruction, by fire, of the Stanton Yellowknife Hospital in May 1966.
加拿大有一个价值2100万美元的国家医疗储备库，它由包装好的应急医疗单元组成，随时可供在和平时期或战时灾难中使用。只要满足某些储存条件，并且医生和其他关键医护人员准备好负责设备的操作，这些单元就可以发放给各省，以便预先安置在选定的社区。主要的包装单元包括：拥有200张床位的应急医院、配备可为500名伤员提供紧急医疗护理设备的高级治疗中心、配备可为500名伤员提供急救护理设备的伤员收集单元、应急血库、应急诊所和应急公共卫生实验室。此外，还提供了培训设备、物资和单元。该储备库的价值已在加拿大国内外发生的灾难中得到体现。十所应急医院已运往南越供平民使用。1966年5月，斯坦顿耶洛奈夫医院被大火烧毁后的24小时内，一所类似的应急医院被空运到西北地区的耶洛奈夫。
