SIOUX CITY, IA -
"Minutes, it's that quick," said Jim Wharton, Vice President of Marketing for Mercy Medical.
That's how long it takes for Mercy Medical Center, the region's only level-two trauma center, to respond to a critical situation, like the mass shooting in Colorado.
"As soon as that D plan is called on the overhead in the hospital, people move to where they need to be and we'd be ready to go," he said.
It's Mercy's disaster plan, the hospital calls or texts crucial staff they need to respond immediately after a situation is reported.
"Neurosurgeons, to orthopedic surgeons, trauma surgeons. We have all of those people, all of those specialties available at Mercy to be able to hit that head on," he said.
Emergencies can start anywhere, even in a movie theater. But should this tragedy in Colorado keep you from feeling safe? The owner of Riviera Theatre says no.
"The best security, is the ones you can't see, we have cameras and we have motion sensitive cameras that, you know, when people come in, we record everything," said Eric Hilsabeck, owner of Riviera Theatre.
Riviera trains its employees to be aware of their surroundings... and people going to the movies. They also check each theatre every 20 minutes. When it comes to the emergency doors, you can only get out, you can't get in, because there are no handles.
But even so, theatre staff checks those doors too, to make sure they're latched securely.
That's why they say don't be afraid to go to the movies.
"People just need to be reassured, that we already have, most theatres already have security presence," he said.
