Volunteers Needed - Hospital Patient Evacuation Exercise - June 24, 2010 - Lafayette, CO

Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center, Exempla Lutheran Medical Center and Exempla Saint Joseph Hospitals will be conducting a hospital patient evacuation exercise called "Operation Toto" on Thursday, June 24, 2010 from 10:30 am - 2:30 pm and needs some volunteers to play patients. The exercise will test system-wide emergency preparedness and partnerships with Boulder, Denver and Jefferson Counties. Lunch will be provided to volunteers along with the opportunity to work to help refine your local public health officials' capabilities to respond to challenging patient care situations. For questions, contact Mac Butterfass at (303) 689-4598 or butterfassm@exempla.org.  To sign up as a volunteer patient for this exercise, please call Exempla's AnswerLine at (303) 689-4595.