Y
ou can plan and drill all you
want, but nothing can
prepare you for a real-life
emergency until it sneaks
up behind you and taps
you on the shoulder. Ready or not …
you're face-to-face with potential
catastrophe. Like a case of malig-
nant hyperthermia. Or an electri-
cal fire in the OR light panel.
Or a knife-wielding intrud-
er. Let's start with the
armed assailant who stormed a second-floor ambula-
tory surgical center a couple years ago and attacked
people in the waiting room and staff with a hunting
knife.
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How Would You Handle These
Real-Life
Emergencies?
Preparing for the unthinkable in your facility.
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
