<p>See, it was easy to figure out that S or D was Son or Daughter, but I never figured out what DS or DD meant, especially when some people use both. I thought it was some kind of code (S was her son, DS was her son’s… best friend? father [then why not say F for father or H for husband?]). I think that acronyms can sometimes get a little out of control when they don’t make sense.</p>
<p>60 people in critical condition? The article said 5 people got taken to the hospital because they were drunk. You were close, though. :)</p>
<p>I know that’s what the article said…</p>
<p>But the thing is, there were 5 people taken while the dance was still occurring. People were being taken left and right after the dance got shut down.</p>
<p>Right, but critical condition implies coma and being on the verge of death, not just drinking a bit too much.</p>
<p>Thanks for the vocab lesson…but I’m pretty sure I know what I’m talking about when it comes to my own school.</p>
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<p>And I’m pretty sure that you misheard something. No hospital in America could take in 60 critically-ill people overnight. Now, unless your friends were medevaced to Albany, Buffalo, Rochester and NYC and placed on ventilators, and given about a 50% chance of seeing the light of day again, I’d say that you overestimated the severity of the situation a bit.</p>
<p>No…definitely no misheard. There are tons of hospitals in Syracuse, and people were transported to various ones. Also, critical condition when it comes to alcohol is different than other things.</p>
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<p>Critical condition is critical condition-there isn’t a “critical condition-car accident” or “critical condition-alcohol poisoning.” The fact is, if 60 people were hospitalized in “critical condition”, it would be all over CNN right now. As it stands, the media is reporting five people were taken to the hospital for alcohol poisoning. The media’s job is to separate facts from rumors, and I trust their account over a seemingly unbelievable rumor. According to local media, the five were taken to the hospital for precautionary reasons only.</p>
<p>[Students</a> react to LeMoyne drinking fiasco : News : WSTM NBC3](<a href=“http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=390171]Students”>http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=390171)</p>
<p>I know people on the inside. I know real facts.</p>
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<p>So do reporters. Its kinda their job.</p>
<p>The school won’t let things like that out. I know what I’m talking about. Deal.</p>
<p>George Washington Hospital defines critical condition as “uncertain prognosis, vital signs are unstable or abnormal, there are major complications, and death may be imminent.” I find it hard to believe that 60 people were on the verge of death last night and the media only found out about five of them. Not only that, but not one of the 60 people on the verge of death ended up dying. </p>
<p>Trust me, the school doesn’t control the fire department. It doesn’t control the EMS. It doesn’t control Syracuse PD. It doesn’t control the hospitals in Syracuse. If 60 people had been transported to the hospital in “critical condition”, or as GW Hospital defines “maybe on the verge of death”, the media would be all over it right now. They listen to scanner traffic, and such an event would generate a mass casualty alert that would call in every available ambulance within the county, and then some. Those kind of things don’t slip by the media too often.</p>
<p>Trust me when I say I know what goes down at my school.</p>
<p>Oh, and by the way…why are you not commenting on the fact that the media has said NOTHING about the arrests? There were 20 of those!</p>
<p>Arrests aren’t as important as deaths. And if 60 people were in critical condition at the hospital last night, you can bet at least a few are dead right now. Surprising that we haven’t heard about it yet. :)</p>
<p>As I said, believe what you want. I know what went down.</p>
<p>How many are still in critical condition? How many made it through the night last night?</p>
<p>Look, I’m not doubting that some major stuff went down at Le Moyne last night, I’m just saying that it is next to impossible that things went down the way you said they did. Find me a news story that proves otherwise and I will gladly eat crow. Until then, have a good night. :)</p>
<p>I don’t know. I haven’t heard anything since early Saturday morning.</p>
<p>You won’t find a news story that says there were 60 people in the hospital. You won’t even find one that says there was a single arrest.</p>
<p>That’s just the way it is.</p>
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Man, you said it yourself. If their vitals were unstable/abnormal, they are technically in “critical condition.” Death being imminent isn’t necessary. But I agree that 60 people needing to be transported at once is definitely a mass casualty incident.</p>
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<p>Agreed. The city I live in now is roughly the same size as Syracuse, and we have 20 ambulances max on duty at any given time. These ambulances are responsible for responding to calls in our entire county, not just within the city limits. If you need 60 ambulances, you’re talking about mobilizing people statewide, which the media would definitely pick up on. Not only that, but you’re going to need triage, choppers, a casualty collection point, a command center, and the like-sort of like what happens when an airliner crashes.</p>
<p>You don’t need 60 ambulances for 60 people. Just sayin.</p>