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Code Orange: Lessons Learned from the Westboro Bus Collision

Code Orange: Lessons Learned from the Westboro Bus Collision

by Harrison Carmichael, Richard Hoang, Shankar Sethuraman | Jun 6, 2019 | Grand Round Summaries, Mass Casualty / Disaster, Quality Improvement, Resuscitation, Trauma

A Code Orange is a hospital-scale response to any event or group of events that results in a patient influx that outstrips available hospital resources. It realigns the way the hospital functions to support the emergency department and rapidly increases the number of...
EMS Bootcamp – An introduction to pre-hospital medicine

EMS Bootcamp – An introduction to pre-hospital medicine

by Richard Hoang | Nov 22, 2018 | Mass Casualty / Disaster, Medical Education, Pre-Hospital

As dedicated in-hospital emergency providers, few of us truly understand or get to experience the difficulties and unique challenges facing our pre-hospital colleagues. Beyond the EMS handover and transfer of patient care, we seldom interact with this large and...
Code Silver: Sanctuary Under Fire

Code Silver: Sanctuary Under Fire

by Julie Kim, Richard Hoang | Feb 22, 2018 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Mass Casualty / Disaster

A Code SilverĀ represents the planned response for a person with a weapon within the hospital. The Ontario Hospital Association has recommended the addition of Code Silver to separate the response of a person who is actively killing from that of a hostage situation...
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