Doctors at an Orlando hospital that received most of the patients from Sunday's shooting held a press conference on Tuesday.
They credit teamwork for helping as many patients as they did and say this was the biggest disaster they have dealt with.
And while they say you can never really be prepared for such a crisis, St. Rita's officials say they take part in an annual exercise with other health facilities in the area. When the medical center was remodeled in 2013, they took steps to ensure the physical structure would be able to accommodate any type of mass casualty incident.
"We have several rooms that day to day are used for one patient, but in amass casualty incident we can accommodate three patients per room, our ambulance bay also has been set up so that we can provide mass decontamination," said Robb Recker, Clinical Operations Director, ED and Urgent Care Services.
They say they are ready to bring in all their resources.
"That would mean extended shifts, we may even call other mercy facility for more support staff, and that isn't just with the campus police that could be any of our service lines," said Jeff Ramey, chief of the hospital's campus police department.
And as the situation develops, officials say there's much to learn from the hospital's response.
"Certainly, as things cool down with what happened in Orlando, and you understand more on how that facility responded, there will certainly be some learnings that will come of that, that we can learn and grow our response here," said.
Health officials say they can count on the help of the North West Ohio Health Care Emergency Management Coalition, where all 33 hospitals in he region can work together in case of a mass casualty.
