ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE (EMP) .2. FIELD-EXPEDIENT WAYS TO MINIMIZE ITS EFFECTS ON FIELD MEDICAL-TREATMENT FACILITIES

Part I of this paper showed that a field commander can expect approxim ately 65% of his unprotected electronic medical equipment to be damage d by the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) from a single nuclear detonation as far as 2200 km away. Using computer modeling, field-expedient ways to minimize the effects of EMP were studied. The results were: (1) kee p wiring near the ground, (2) keep wiring short, (3) unplug unused equ ipment, (4) run power cabling and tents in a magnetic north-south dire ction (avoid running power cabling in the east-west direction), and (5 ) place sensitive equipment in International Organization for Standard ization shelters.