Ballarat's emergency service and hospital staff train for the worst possible scenario – a code brown

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Updated April 19 2018 - 12:10pm, first published 12:03pm
CODE BROWN: Ambulance officers coordinate the first response to a simulated mass casualty event on the streets of Ballarat. Picture: Kate Healy
CODE BROWN: Ambulance officers coordinate the first response to a simulated mass casualty event on the streets of Ballarat. Picture: Kate Healy

Code brown are two words that no one working in a hospital wants to hear; they indicate a mass casualty event has occurred and staff will be inundated with patients with injuries ranging from minor to life-threatening.

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Michelle Smith

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