No warning.
No time to prepare.
Just stretchers, all at once.

Patriots Day is one of the most realistic portrayals of an urban mass-casualty incident (MCI).

For ED nurses, this is the nightmare scenario: patients arriving faster than you can assess them.

What you actually face

• Traumatic amputations

• Blast injuries

• Hearing loss & TBIs

• Walking wounded overwhelming triage

• Media and family flooding the hospital

Practice pearls

• Tourniquets save lives

• Rapid triage tagging

• Clear zones: red/yellow/green

• Lock down entrances early

Nurse Jamla takeaway

Mass casualty care is about speed, not perfection.