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- A mass casualty is
not an "if" but "when".

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And the only way to be prepared
to take care of patients

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in a mass casualty, is to practice.

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The way we take care of
patients during a mass casualty

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is very different in
the process and the flow

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than our day to day work.

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And the only way to be good at it,

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when the real event happens,
is to drill and practice.

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So that each of us can
learn what our role is,

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how we communicate, how we
move patients and how we get

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the equipment and supplies
that we need, in the moment.

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When we got patients coming

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bam, bam, bam, one after another.

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- I thought it was a great experience.

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So my role, I was with Dr.
Fisher for all the red patients.

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And I did the IVs, O2 and monitors.

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Working in the ER, we don't
see that many patients

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and when we do, we have
the time on our hands

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whereas the Mass Casualty drill,

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you don't really have time on your hands.

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It was definitely a lot of learning.

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- Well, a Mass Casualty Drill
is a much larger scale action.

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It took a lot longer to plan.

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And we were working, not just
within our hospital walls

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but with all the other
entities on the base,

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including the fire departments
and security forces,

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our ambulances and all the
other pieces that go into

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responding to a catastrophic event.

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