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Pre-recorded radio broadcasts (unidirectional,
indifferent to actions taken by students)
An audio recorder playing the pre-recorded
“broadcast”
An EOCC radio wired to the remote player of
the pre-recorded “broadcast”
A live television feed (unidirectional but respon-
sive to actions taken by students)
An actor providing a live “broadcast”
An EOCC television wired to acoustically
isolated audio/video studio
Pre-recorded television or video feed (unidirec-
tional, indifferent to actions taken by students)
A television or video monitor wired to the remote
player of the pre-recorded “broadcast”
An audiovisual collection of action in the EOCC
and transmission to remote telephone actors
Audiovisual recordings of action in EOCC for the
review phase
A debriefing arena for replay and analysis of
EOCC action
21.8.7 Scenario Outline
Overwhelm decision-making capabilities by intro-
ducing unfamiliar demands and by reducing or
otherwise compromising resources and by using
live and pre-recorded audio and video feeds (tele-
phones, radio, and television) fabricated to drive
the scenario.
The specific script content can be a blending
of the different types of patients from Example
1 amplified many times and overlaid upon the
various physical and functional departments of
the treatment facility. For example, the scenario
might start early Monday morning with acti-
vation of the EOCC because the ED is over-
whelmed with all the maintenance personnel who
performed routine service over the weekend on the
heating-ventilation-and-air-conditioning (HVAC)
system in the medical treatment facility. Are their
complaints of severe respiratory distress, a mass
case of legionnaires' disease, hysteria, industrial
action, or something else?
Figure 21.2
Patient #3, portrayed by a human actor, receiving
basic non-invasive treatment in the emergency department.
room with sufficient functional devices and props
to support the actions called for in the script.
Audiovisual
feeds of
information to drive
scenario
Live telephone calls (interactive)
Telephones (two per link)
Telephone callers into the EOCC
Live radio communications (unidirectional but
responsive to actions taken by students)
An actor providing a live “broadcast”
An EOCC radio wired to acoustically isolated
audio studio
