Foreword
THE DOWNTIME A small, modern community hospital in a powerful storm. Backup generators hit by lightning. Suddenly, no electricity . No telephones, no elevators, no laboratory, no radiology, no ventilators, no IV pumps, no OR. What happens next? BASED ON A TRUE STORY. FOREWORD Modern hospitals are full of technology. From their telephones and elevators, to their radiology and laboratory systems, to their operating rooms, clinics, and medical records - Clinical care has been growing increasingly dependent on technology . And all of that technology depends on one thing : Electricity . So just what happened in 2010, when a modern community hospital in a small New England college town suddenly lost its electricity for several hours? Who were the clinical heroes who maintained care in the ED, ICU, OR, and floors? And how ?