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UC trauma team, command center system helped save lives after shooting

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The UC trauma team along with the command center made a big difference caring for those who were injured Thursday. The Hospital Incident Command Center, along with the UC trauma team, gave Local 12 an exclusive look inside what they do to help save lives. They were the first to greet victims here as they came into this Level 1 trauma center. "Our residents, our nurse practitioners, our entire team -- we mobilized a bunch of resources, designated one of our partners to be the point person to communicate with the police and the pre-hospital providers, as well as the emergency medical folks," said Dr. Amy Makley, UC Medical Center's trauma medical director. "And then the rest of us assembled multiple teams and were ready to accept as many casualties that we could care for. They were prepared for four or 40, but luckily this team of trauma surgeons and other specialist said what made the difference Thursday was a little advance notice. "We had about 10 to 15 minutes of advanced notification, and that allowed us to ready our emergency facility, our ORs, our surgical ICU, all of our healthcare providers. And so, it's amazing what this hospital can do with 10 to 15 minutes of information," said Dr. Makley. Maria Friday, UCMC's emergency preparedness leader, got this hospital incident command center up and running in that time too. "[Active shooting situations] are very dynamic, and, especially at the first seconds, first moments, first minutes, we're not sure, because we are getting information from the scene, and what we do in our community is we open up our disaster network to make sure that we can figure out what hospitals can take different patients," Friday said. It turned out this team was able to receive all those that were sent Thursday. They say the plan they put into action was executed flawlessly. "I happened to be working in the surgical intensive care unit here yesterday," said Dr. D. Millar. "But it's a complex of mixed emotions for our day. We recognize that there are a lot families that suffered loss and there were casualties, but as a system and as a trauma team, it was a moment of shining for us where we could really see all of our preparation and all of our planning had all come together and we could really see how we function as a team. They are not done yet; they will now evaluate how things came together and see what needs to be improved, if anything. They did do a "hot wash," as they call it. So far, things did appear to go well. Two victims, Whitney Austin and Brian Sarver are still in the hospital.