training site to get the ice and cool saline solution, and that they actu-
ally open the MH cart and handle everything they'd use. We also have
staff use expired dantrolene to practice reconstituting the drug for
administration.
3. Require
active partici-
pation
When the supplies are
ready, a crisis sce-
nario is introduced
and MH-specific task
cards are distributed
to staff taking part in
the drill. The cards
(see "Task Cards
Organize Response
Efforts"), which are
color-coded and spell
out the disciplines
that are able to per-
form each role, not
only tell staff what
their various respon-
sibilities will be dur-
ing an MH event, they
also break down
those tasks into an
easy-to-follow, step-
by-step format.
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