Rh. Vandre et al., ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE (EMP) .2. FIELD-EXPEDIENT WAYS TO MINIMIZE ITS EFFECTS ON FIELD MEDICAL-TREATMENT FACILITIES, Military medicine, 158(5), 1993, pp. 285-289
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.