That we can learn from such tragady benifits us all. The standards, skills and techniques learnt from dealing with such polytrauma patients is unavailable until times of conflict and military medical history teaches us this. Some of the great medical advances have come from warfare, development of chest (thoracic) surgery, blood transfusion and storage, damage control surgery and resuscitation, to name but a few.
The reality is that civilian doctors and nurses are not exposed on a regular basis to such seriously injured patients, so lack or are not upto date with current practice. There has been in the past resistance to promoting staff in particular nurses who have experience of managing such patients. I have a colleague who is a nurse, who after a tour in a far away place acting as an aid post medic was denied a chance of promotion because he did not have 'enough' experience. This after being on the front line dealing with everything that could be thrown at him.
Those working through this new unit, go learn have a very open mind and take with you what you have been taught and APPLY IT. Don't let managers or bosses stop you acting in the best interests of your patient.