http://mcmorran.com/phct/2004-2005pics.htm

The above link is to pictures of our production. The scene was accomplished with a great voltage sound effect and rapid flashing lights. The nurse's station was lit with 4ft fluoresent shop fixtures that would blink fast all by themself when power was cut to them and relit. Found that one out by accident. I wanted to use the fluoresent lamps to give the set a real bright white hospital feel. We did use a stage flash with loud report from Le Maitre FX that was inside the nurses station. It was just taped to the counter and set off by a stagehand using lamp cord and a 9 volt battery. I didn't want to have to hook up the whole pyro controller for one shot a night, so the battery idea worked great. The stage flash was very loud and sent a great plume of smoke out of the nurse's station. It really scared the audience and the local athorities allowed it because it didn't produce open flames.

Our guys took a little different approach.  They used the strobe and the sound effects, but they also used (and I don?t know if it?s always is or was just their take) a lighted table base for the patient to lie on.  It was kind of eerie and when the lights were all out it was the only light left and as the table had arm extensions, he looked like he was on a cross... (Again, I don't know if the script calls for that, but it was cool...)