Thank you very much Chris! You spent a lot of time searching, that's clear.
I have included ACE stats, including Vermont's own ACE data. I wrote a two-page memo about why the drills, as conducted, are a bad idea. The response seems to be that the drills are more important than any "distress" some might experience as a result of them. There does not seem to be any understanding of the potential magnitude of pychic pain that can result from such events.
Two years ago, when we last had one of these drills, I contacted the The Trauma Center in Boston and asked them if they knew of any research (after conducting an exhaustive on-line search of my own for such studies, coming up with nothing). The answer was no, after a response of "that sounds horrible."
My searches on this topic did come up with two news accounts of even worse drills - one in California in which a man dressed all in black, complete with hood and a fake gun, went into an ICU in a large hospital and took the nurses hostage....no one knew it was a drill. Another story was about a similar drill in an elementary school in Pennslyvania - I think in that one there were even "shots" fired....Again, no one even knew it was a drill.
This would be a good research topic for any grad students in the trauma field.....
I will check out the links you sent. Thanks again, Chris.
Best,
Kathy