Triage Under Fire
Multiple GSW victims from a downtown shooting are flooding your understaffed ER. As the only attending trauma surgeon on a chaotic night shift, you must make rapid triage decisions that will determine who lives and dies. The hospital administrator is breathing down your neck about liability while critical patients continue arriving.
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Survivors
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Popularity
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Difficulty
B1-B2
Scenario Overview
Your Role
Dr. Sarah Chen - Night Shift Trauma Surgeon
Conversation Partner
Dr. Victoria Pierce - Chief of Emergency Medicine
Setting
Overcrowded emergency department trauma bay, bathed in harsh fluorescent lighting, multiple trauma beds occupied, vital sign monitors blaring
Location
Metropolitan General Hospital - Level 1 Trauma Center
Learning Objectives
Correctly prioritize multiple trauma patients using established triage protocols
Maintain defensible documentation while making rapid decisions
Manage limited blood products and OR resources efficiently
About This Scenario
Multiple GSW victims from a downtown shooting are flooding your understaffed ER. As the only attending trauma surgeon on a chaotic night shift, you must make rapid triage decisions that will determine who lives and dies. The hospital administrator is breathing down your neck about liability while critical patients continue arriving.
How It Starts
“Dr. Chen! We have incoming GSWs - three criticals, two unknowns. Trauma Bay 1 has a teenage male, chest wound, dropping pressure. Bay 2 has an unresponsive female, multiple entry wounds. Bay 3 has a police officer, single GSW to abdomen. We're short on blood products and OR staff. Who gets priority? Decision. Now.”
This is how Dr. Victoria Pierce - Chief of Emergency Medicine's greeting will start.
Practice Details
Scenario ID
#877
Category
General
Location Tag
Metropolitan General Hospital - Level 1 Trauma Center
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