Hospital ER Mobilizes in Frantic Trauma Alert
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
Sirens grow louder as the hospital staff reacts to an incoming emergency, signaling the start of a crisis.
Nurse 1st prioritizes incoming trauma cases, declaring 'Trauma One, Blue!' to mobilize the medical team.
A Secret Service Agent demands immediate assistance, revealing the severity of the situation with 'They're going to the memorial.'
Agent 2nd coordinates security measures, ordering units to secure the south side and scaffolding, heightening the sense of a lockdown.
Dr. Keller urgently requests an ultrasound and crash cart, indicating a critical medical intervention is imminent.
Agent 3rd announces 'Eagle's two minutes away!', confirming the arrival of a high-priority individual, likely the President.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
skeptical turning to urgent
on skeptical phone call about potential drill, hears sirens, hangs up red phone, announces 'Trauma One, Blue!' over PA, confirms no priorities to Agent 1st, directs waiting patients to follow agent to waiting van
- • mobilize ER staff and resources for incoming critical trauma patient
- • clear civilian patients to facilitate security takeover
Controlled intensity masking operational pressure
Agent 1st storms ER, queries nurse on priorities, redirects patients to memorial and van; Agent 2nd commands south side clearance, backdoors, loading dock lockdown, two units in scaffolding with lights; Agent 3rd radios 'Eagle's two minutes away,' orchestrating perimeter ironclad for POTUS arrival.
- • Evacuate civilians and seal ER perimeter
- • Coordinate rapid fortifications against threats
- • Zero tolerance for security gaps
- • Preemptive lockdown thwarts assassination sequels
Confused anxiety yielding to obedient haste
Hospital waiting room patients react to Nurse 1st's directive by hurrying outside toward the waiting evacuation van, passively complying as Secret Service agents usher them from the ER amid rising chaos.
- • Evacuate as ordered
- • Avoid interference in unfolding crisis
- • Security personnel dictate safety
- • Unusual activity demands immediate deference
Laser-focused urgency with clinical detachment
Dr. Keller emerges from an adjacent room into the fray, sharply commanding 'Get me an ultrasound and a crash cart,' asserting clinical authority to arm for incoming presidential trauma.
- • Secure vital diagnostic and resuscitation equipment
- • Position for lead role in trauma intervention
- • Speed in mobilization determines survival odds
- • High-profile patient elevates procedural rigor
Skepticism evaporating into urgent resolve
Nurse 1st hangs up red phone amid rising sirens, seizes local phone to blast 'Trauma One, Blue!' PA alert galvanizing colleagues; confirms no patient priorities to Agent 1st, directs waiting room crowd to evacuation van; surrounding nurses and doctors surge into frantic mobilization, ditching routine for trauma prep.
- • Activate trauma protocols immediately
- • Facilitate Secret Service security takeover
- • Sirens signal genuine crisis over drill
- • Clearing ER saves incoming VIP lives
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
G.W. Hospital Entranceway Emergency Convoy of screeching ambulances and police cars floods arrival zone, strobing lights slashing faces as sirens crescendo; heralds Bartlet's trauma ETA, ratcheting tension and prompting instant clearances.
Reception Desk Local Phone is seized by Nurse 1st post-red phone hang-up, button punched to activate PA for blaring 'Trauma One, Blue!' announcement; functions as command nexus transforming desk from triage hub to emergency broadcaster.
Station One Red Phone is abruptly hung up by Nurse 1st mid-skeptical conversation as sirens intensify, severing presumed drill inquiry and catalyzing shift to PA trauma alert; its interruption underscores crisis intrusion into routine communications.
Dr. Keller's Crash Cart is urgently summoned alongside ultrasound, wheeled into readiness as ER hardens for gunshot trauma; symbolizes frontline bulwark of defibrillators, drugs, airways against Bartlet's inbound peril, amplifying medical momentum.
G.W. Hospital Patient Evacuation Van idles at backdoors, swallowing directed patients in swift exodus per Nurse and Agent orders; ruthlessly clears space, embodying security's purge of civilians to fortify ER for presidential isolation.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
George Washington Hospital's ER epicenter erupts from quiet triage to frenzy: sirens pierce lobby, PA blares, staff scrambles, agents bulldoze—pivoting mundane waiting room into trauma citadel bracing for Bartlet's bloodied convoy amid assassination shockwaves.
South Side of G.W. Hospital targeted for immediate clearance by Agent 2nd's barked orders, backdoors flung open as perimeter clamps, transforming exposed flank into lockdown chokepoint synced with overall ER fortification.
Loading Dock at G.W. Hospital hardened via Agent 2nd's directive within south side sweep, concrete bays rerouted from routine to tactical denial, echoing footfalls amplifying ER's siege mentality as convoy nears.
Memorial invoked by Agent 1st as relocation for evacuated patients alongside van, pulling reverence into crisis path as stretchers veer, subtly redirecting flow while ER purges non-essentials for Eagle.
Narrative Connections
How this event relates to others in the story
No narrative connections mapped yet
This event is currently isolated in the narrative graph
Key Dialogue
"NURSE 1ST: "Trauma One. Trauma One, Blue! Blue! Trauma One, Blue! Go!""
"AGENT 1ST: "You got priorities?" NURSE 1ST: "No priorities.""
"AGENT 3RD: "Eagle's two minutes away!""