A 6-year-old boy with abnormal pupils and gasping for breath. A 26-year-old pregnant woman with a gunshot wound to her abdomen. A 54-year-old male with blood pouring from a wound in his thigh.
Now add 43 more patients.
Imagine you are the paramedic at this scene. Who do you take to the hospital first? Who do you have to choose to walk past and leave at the scene while you take your patient to the hospital?
Now imagine you are the surgeon. You walk into an emergency room with blood everywhere — covering faces, limbs, the floors. There is a cacophony of sound: screams, cries, gasps, whimpers. Where do you start? Which room and which patient gets your attention first? How many patients, calling out to you for help, do you have to pass by? What operation will you perform and how will you perform it knowing there are nearly 50 other patients needing your attention at that very same moment? Will you be right? Will you save everyone you could?
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