Tornado Warning at the hospital.

Do you ever wonder what happens during a tornado warning at a hospital? Let me share my experience from yesterday. The day was busy, but typical until around 4pm when a tornado warning was announced. The emergency plan involves moving ALL patients and family members into the hallways and rooms away from windows. This may sound simple, but bear in mind that many of our patients are on monitors, ventilators, and various other machines. It was an adventure, but we got everyone moved into either hallways, offices, or a conference room. I had one patient still unconscious from having sedation, so I had to manually take vital signs every 10 minutes, and I had to monitor my other 2 patients at the same time. It was quite the adventure, but we all worked well together and got through the 45 minutes of craziness. I ran back and forth in between checking on my patients, and running and fetching things from people's rooms that they needed. What an adventure...