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Communication key in emergency medical drill with new hospital campus
Drill simulates tornadoes striking in South Hall, Gainesville
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Sarah Reynolds, a victim actor, talks with a volunteer chaplain, Rose Johnson, during a disaster drill Tuesday at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville campus. The drill gave the health system the opportunity to see what changes will improve communication and other problems that may occur now that there are two locations. - photo by Erin O. Smith
The emergency loading area for Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville was stuffed to the gills with nurses and doctors assisting fake triage patients in a disaster drill Tuesday. “Over the weekend, we already had a flu outbreak,” said Sean Couch, Northeast Georgia Medical Center public relations manager, while walking through rows of stretchers for fake patients. Around 54 volunteer actors participated at the Gainesville hospital campus while in moulage, the makeup to appear as if injured.