Thank you for making Code Orange a success (photos)
Thank you to the roughly 200 staff who made the Code Orange mass casualty exercises in Vancouver and Richmond a success this year. Here are some photos of the action.
Vancouver
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- Steve Kabanuk, director, perioperative services and Tracey Taulu, director, UBC Hospital discuss the next step.
Richmond
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- Senior medical director, Dr. Brenda Wagner, and COO, Jennifer MacKenzie in the EOC.
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- Patients arrive at RH ED.
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- Patient flow and triage in the ED.
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- A mock patient in ambulatory care for treat and release of wounds.
Stay tuned
Check out VCH News next week for stories on what we learned from the exercises as well as more great photos!
Greg Terpenning
The 200 staff who participated are, of course, to be commended for doing an excellent job… but let’s not forget the volunteers. At VGH, twenty volunteers came out to play the role of victims of the mock disaster. They also played a role in the success of this exercise.