What You Need to Know
Old Bridge Medical Center and the New Jersey EMS Task Force held a full-scale emergency response exercise on October 21 and 22, 2022.
The exercise, which involved the creation of a 50-bed field hospital, was designed to ensure continuity of care and continued hospital operations in the event of a catastrophic hurricane.
This year's drill utilized the statewide capabilities available to Hackensack Meridian Health if there were a catastrophic infrastructure failure at one of its facilities.
This included a 50-bed field hospital, medical ambulance buses and oxygen generation trucks displayed with continuous orientation sessions at Old Bridge Medical Center that covers hospitals, ambulatory, partner companies and long-term care.
B-Roll - Saturday (10/22) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxFzZT1-eiU
B-Roll - Friday (10/21) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-cteMikRDQ