Code Green: Mass Casualty Exercise Tests WRNMMC’s Response Readiness [Image 2 of 10]

BETHESDA, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES

11.03.2022

Photo by Harvey Duze 

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

How would Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), the flagship of military medicine, respond if a multi-vehicle accident resulting in numerous mass casualties occurred on the Capital Beltway near the medical center? Emergency Management and hospital staff at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) tested its readiness posture for such an event, or anything similar, during a Code Green exercise November 3, 2022.

A Code Green is activated during a mass casualty (MASCAL) event, and the recent WRNMMC’s MASCAL exercise simulated an accident involving an overturned tractor trailer catching fire causing multiple crashes and injuries on the I-495 Inner Loop. More than 150 people are hurt, and many of them brought to WRNMMC for care.

WRNMMC’s Simulation Center staff also participated in this exercise, conducting a training scenario using its high-fidelity manikin. The life-like manikin reacts physiologically as if it is alive with human responses, and it can recreate realistic emergency medical situations to provide learners with an opportunity to practice and refine their clinical skills.
The Code Green exercise didn’t impact patient care, the emergency department or other clinical areas in the hospital, and all services operated at normal.

(DoD Photographs by Harvey A. Duze – Office of Command Communications, WRNMMC)

• Date Taken: 11.03.2022
• Date Posted: 11.03.2022 14:28
• Photo ID: 7494446
• VIRIN: 221103-D-VU957-1039
• Resolution: 4200x2794
• Size: 7.66 MB
• Location: BETHESDA, MARYLAND, US