Mrs. Nelson. I am a registered nurse, supervisor of the emergency room at Parkland Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Specter. And how long have you been so occupied?
Mrs. Nelson. A year and 6 months as supervisor of the emergency room.
Mr. Specter. What were your duties in a general way on November 22, 1963?
Mrs. Nelson. I was primarily responsible for assigning personnel in the treatment of the injured patients and carrying out security measures with the Secret Service.
Mr. Specter. What notification, if any, did you receive on that date concerning injuries to President Kennedy?
Mrs. Nelson. I received a phone call approximately 3 to 5 minutes prior to their arrival, from the telephone operator, stating that the President had been shot and was being brought to the emergency room.
Mr. Specter. What action after that did you take in preparing for the President's arrival?
Mrs. Nelson. I immediately took the surgical resident into trauma room No. 1, notified him of the incident, and asked the—also told the head nurse that the President had been shot and was being brought to the emergency room.
Then, I went into trauma room 2, after the head nurse had told me that trauma room 1 was set up for any emergency, and proceeded to open a bottle of intravenous fluid and set it up for an emergency situation.