Emergency Ward

The halls are full of aching patients and overworked staff rushing from one sick person to the next in this busy hospital. As one doctor murmurs to a nurse, three patients cough and moan or cry out for attention. Everyone is overworked and edgy as they down their fifth cup of coffee and press on in an effort to serve and save every living thing that comes into and goes out of the emergency ward. The first specialized trauma care center in the world was opened in 1911 in the United States at the University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, and was developed by surgeon Arnold Griswold during the 1930s. Griswold also equipped police and fire vehicles with medical supplies and trained officers to give emergency care while en route to the hospital. This sound uses the following sound file from Soundsnap: http://www.soundsnap.com/node/12445