Who you gonna call?

My whole life I have been told, "In case of emergency, dial 9-1-1."

In the USA, that is the number to call and the fire truck, or police, or ambulance will show up to your rescue. All things considered it is a pretty efficient and effective response system.

So, now I work in a hospital building and am required to go through mandatory training about safety issues, etc. During that training they asked a question I hadn't considered...when an emergency happens in a hospital (like an office staff member with chest pains or an accident in the building) - who do you call?

Dialing 9-1-1 would be silly since we are already at the hospital. So, what do we do? I learned that we dial a specific extension and request a hospital based rapid response team.

I thought you might also appreciate that tidbit of trivia.

just Sheri, adjusting my "you are here" indicator