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Braselton facility conducts dress rehearsals before opening doors
Practice makes perfect for hospital staff
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A crash cart is hurried to a room inside the Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s Braselton campus March 25 as the hospital staff rehearse situations they may face after today’s opening.
A patient, complaining of dizziness and having difficulty breathing, requires an electrocardiogram and blood transfusion. As he receives the transfusion, the man goes into cardiac arrest, setting off a series of beeps and flashing lights in his room and outside in the hospital hallway — what is called a “Code Blue.” Multiple medical professionals respond, including respiratory therapists and a nurse supervisor, but the patient dies.