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?