September 27, 2007 - Toronto, Canada: Doctors, nurses and other hospital staff of the Humber River Regional Hospital's Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) in Toronto, practice decon techniques on a "patient" during a mock CBRN attack.
The team conducted the drill at Westview Centennial High School and used students as "patients" and "victims" during the exercise.
Toronto EMS and the Toronto Fire Department as well as local volunteers also participated in the exercise.
Humber River Regional Hospital has been designated as a level two hospital by the Ontario government, which means that it has to be ready to decontaminate up to sixty possible CBRN casualties at any one time, day or night, 365 days a year.
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