Post-decontamination clothing

[eriathwen_bob]

This is following on from my question earlier this week about a bioterrorist attack in a modern-day London tube station

Comments

[eriathwen_bob]

Thank you! That's exactly it. She can use the towel, probably.

[into_the_sun]

I would imagine, depending on how many people there are involved (that need clothing), the answer would change. As this is an unseen event, they may not have stock-piles of clothing. It would also make a difference as to who responds. If local hospitals are being used to treat/inspect those involved, she might be given a hospital gown. I would just think about your scene. You are likely to have the tube cordoned off - no one but essential personnel in or out. Everything would be in various stages of preparation, but, from reading some science-fiction books, the protocol they have is that they go through the shower, are given something like a hospital gown, and then are put into ambulances to go to hospitals for treatment.

[smellingbottle]

I think I remember a newspaper article on one of the bioterrorist attack rehearsals the emergency services ran, mentioning that people who'd potentially been exposed would, after showering, be given something like hospital scrubs to wear, which would I suppose make sense, being unisex and very covering, hence ethnically sensitive and wearable by virtually anyone if it came in a range of sizes. Have no idea whether they would have made provision for Muslim headwear, but it's entirely possible. It would only involve having some large squares of the same fabric.

[areteus]

You may have luck if you ask Muslims what they are offered when going into surgery. Same problems potentially with Sikh turbans etc. If someone made a fuss about needing a Hijab they would probably provide one (or something that 'will do') but otherwise I imagine they would not have thought of it - they would have far more pressing matters to worry about.

Though it is possible that there are protocols and procedures already in place. Check out government websites to see if these are listed anywhere. I know a lot of government departments here have been doing 'emergency readiness' training for bioterrorism etc as I took part in one of these not long ago.

[witchofnovember]

I'm not sure if this would help since everybody's hair is covered for surgery.

[eriathwen_bob]

Actually I just found this, which is fascinating, though not what is provided on the Fire Service's Incident Response Units (see first comment).

[dandelion]

Then surely they can give Muslims some variation on whatever that's done with?

[dyfferent]

I imagine it would be something like a big puffy paper showercap. That's what's used in surgery isn't it?