Emergency doctors say mock disaster helped prepare for Ottawa bus crash
OTTAWA — Emergency physicians at the Ottawa Hospital say they were prepared for last week’s deadly bus crash by a recent mock disaster exercise.
Several surgeons and medical co-ordinators working in the emergency department Friday evening are sharing their experiences of dealing with the influx of injured survivors of the bus accident, which killed three people and injured 23 others.
Hospital officials declared a “Code Orange” shortly after they were alerted to the incident — a protocol used in large-scale disasters.