MODULE 5 :: DISCUSSION BOARD

Please answer the following questions as a discussion board post. You do not need to reply to your peers.

1. Rescue efforts intensify when the generators fail, as nurses must ventilate patients by hand. The death count rises and so does the heat. What key decisions kept people alive in this chapter? Which decisions resulted in death?
2. Who was the man with the boats calling for rescue in the middle of the night? Why were pets brought to the hospital? How is the Cloverleaf an important part of this story?
3. When Mark LeBlanc enters the hospital to save his mother he is taken aback by the tone of resignation among the staff. Is he just viewing the situation from an outsider perspective, as someone who did not spend the past 48 hours lifting patients to the helipad for rescue, or does he have a point?
4. Did the priority system for evacuating patients fit within accepted triage practices? Why or why not? Is a utilitarian approach the best? If not, which approach do you think is superior? Discuss the difficulties inherent to practicing triage medicine. Which approach is best for Organ Sharing?