"The only thing I'd say is off limits for this kind of drill is ED, OR and pediatrics."

OR, sure, but ED and Pediatrics? I am curious why you think those two should be off limits, but IC shouldn't be. ED: a few broken bones, a dog bite and junkies trying to connive a fix. Pediatrics? That's just babies, they're either crying or sleeping, and they wouldn't know a terrorist from banana.

It isn't like all the patients in ICU are supremely stable. One had a blocked airway at the time.

And it didn't sound like that off-duty cop did his homework, either.

Sue