The doors to the Emergency Department at Memorial Medical Ce…
The doors to the Emergency Department at Memorial Medical Center sweep open quickly, and Nurse Samson sees a long line of ambulances, EMTs and stretchers bringing patients into the receiving bay. An EMT tells Nurse Samson there was a train derailment, and estimates 40 patients who are critically injured are on their way into the Emergency Department. The Emergency Department at Memorial Medical Center is small and rural, and normally only holds 20 patients. Nurse Samson explains to a nursing student that this is an example of: