What’s in the picture?

What’s behind door number three?

Maybe it’s potted plants; wrong answer.

It’s a kiosk for ED Express check-in; wrong answer.

It’s a hiding nurse at an active shooter exercise; you got it!

Here’s the story. We teach Get Down, when you can’t Get Out. We had a missing nurse following a hospital functional exercise.  When the perplexed AS360 exercise evaluator walked back to the lobby, he heard a voice whisper, “Here I am.” 

Concealment (Get Down) works. Our shooter role player and the exercise evaluators missed the hidden nurse. This is why the AS AS360 team likes exercises; we always learn from our students.

Key Takeaway:

Get Out (run) when possible; Get Down (hide) when you can’t Get Out. Get Ready (fight) as a last resort. What are your comments?

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About Hank Christen

Dr. Hank Christen was an Atlanta Fire Department Battalion Chief, Emergency Manager, and Director of Emergency Services for Okaloosa County, Florida. He has responded to multiple disasters in his career and was the Incident Commander for Hurricane Erin, Opal, Earl, and Georges, and responded to Hurricane Andrew (Miami), and Hurricane Marilyn (U.S. Virgin Islands). He co-authored eight books on crisis management and the incident command system in the disaster response field. Dr. Christen has served on a team that evaluated a biological non-traditional syndromic surveillance program during the 2000 George Bush Presidential Inauguration. Dr. Christen has also responded with a Disaster Medical Assistance Team (FL-1 DMAT) to the 2001 World Trade Center Attack, and served as team commander during the team’s deployment to the Atlanta Olympic Bombing. Additionally. Dr. Christen has served on a panel that evaluated the medical response to the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2014. Dr. Hank Christen EdD currently is responsible for developing curriculum, technical writing, and instructing courses with Active Shooter 360, LLC. The materials developed and taught by Dr. Christen include Active Shooter Awareness, Threat Intervention Practices, Incident Command System (ICS), Crisis Decision Making, and Emergency Operations Planning.

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