David Strong - President & CEO, Orlando Health
"An essential lesson for us was to 'own what you own' and ensure everything that happened on our campus was controlled by us and not others."
Read MoreEric Alberts - Emergency Management
"It is very eerie for me to look at pictures from our full-scale community exercises because a lot of the same people were in the same location doing the same thing during Pulse. That just proves the worth of training and preparing for major emergencies."
Read MoreJayne Willis - Chief Nursing Officer
"One team member said 'We went where our hands could be helpful. It didn’t matter if it was your traditional role or not.'
Read MoreMark Jones & Kathy Swanson - Hospital Presidents
"I returned to incident command deeply affected by what I had seen. But there was so much more to be done throughout the rest of the day."
Read MoreMichael L. Cheatham, MD - Chief Surgical Quality Officer
"I remain thoroughly convinced that the proximity of the Pulse nightclub to our trauma center greatly improved patient survival as we were able to stop bleeding more quickly than would be possible if patients had been transported longer distances."
Read MoreOrlando Health’s 20-year journey of emergency preparedness
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