In
late April, Mrs. Smith's Nursing Assistant classes at the Career Center applied
the first aid skills they've learned to an active disaster drill lab.
The
scenario was a gas line explosion in a busy medical clinic. After dividing into
"victim" and "responder" teams, the students worked through
the process of triage (prioritizing medical care based upon critical injury
assessment.)
A
third team of students acted as the moulage and staging team, applying makeup
and prosthetic injuries to lend realism to the activity.
Moulage
is the art of applying mock injuries for the purpose of training Emergency
Response Teams and other medical and military personnel.
The
"responders" assessed their "patients" and identified
their status ranging from healthy and uninjured to deceased. After
assessing, triage and treating; the class gathered to review their
findings and collaborate on what they learned.
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