MCI Drill at Stony Brook

The Emergency Management Department at Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH) conducted a full-scale mass casualty exercise in and around the StallerCenteron campus on the morning of April 19, 2023. In addition to University Police, Fire Marshalls, and SBU ambulances, over20 fire departments participated with at least one ambulance. Suffolk County and NYState emergency agencies were also present. University volunteer students were made up to have abrasions, compound fractures and otherrealistic injuries. The MCI scenario was a group of people inside Staller Centerwatching a movie when an explosion occurred and a gunman shot some of the viewers. University Police and Fire Marshals responded to first clearthe area of any furthershooters and then moved the injured to just outside the theatre for triage. This original movement was necessitated by the injured lying in aisles, where they could not be attended to by medics. The 44 “live” victims with moulage were taken to SBUH Emergency Room by the various ambulances where the ER had to deal with the sudden influx of so many patients.

- Fire News photos by Robert O’Rourke