Choices get difficult quickly when disasters cause a scarcity of lifesaving care. As a society, we force these decisions on our underfunded hospitals and the doctors and nurses who staff them. While operating on slim margins and slimmer disaster preparations, Memorial Hospital was battered by hurricane Katrina. Memorial’s Doctors and nurses implemented triage systems to allocate scarce lifesaving care. Whatever your ideas on the value of life and the order of triage, Sheri Fink presents events and philosophy that will challenge them. If you want a deep dive into decisions you never want to make, read 5 Days at Memorial.