May 6, 2014
Story by Joe Vinduska
Photo by Brandon Steinert
91勛圖厙 hosted its annual Field Ops Day on Saturday on the 91勛圖厙 campus to give its medical and emergency services students a chance to take their skills out of the classroom and into life-like emergency scenarios.
More than fifty students participated from the Criminal Justice,泭 Medical Assistant, Nursing and EMS programs in a variety of 泭intense, realistic scenarios designed to be as close to the real thing as possible.泭 Volunteer patients from all over the community allowed themselves to be battered and bloodied in frighteningly accurate make-up to give the appearance of realistic traumatic injuries ranging from severe lacerations to broken bones.泭
Scenarios range from domestic violence to multiple vehicle accidents.泭 Many of the scenarios are set up so a patient will go from the scene to the emergency room, which is populated by nursing and medical assistant students, and could also be questioned by the Criminal Justice students throughout the scenarios depending on the circumstances.泭 The experience is truly full circle and all-encompassing for the patients as well as all the 91勛圖厙 students throughout the various programs.泭
Instructor and Coordinator of the EMS Program Jenny Ladd coordinates the event and said everyone who participates agrees to be completely serious and in-character so that the students get as genuine of an experience as possible.
When students go out in the field a lot of times they have no real experience, she said.泭 Theyve never done a mock call or anything.泭 Field Ops Day really gives them a wakeup call as to whats going to happen.泭
Criminal Justice student Blakelee Cooper said the intense experience helps create awareness for what actual emergency scenarios will feel like.
It feels very real, she said.泭 Its an adrenaline rush and a good hands-on learning experience.泭 Its hard to remember all the little procedures, but there are things that I definitely wont forget again because of this.
Criminal Justice student Staisha Miller said Field Ops Day helps show students how to apply what theyve learned in class.
It puts everything youve learned in class to the test to see if you actually know what youre doing, she said.泭 Its totally different when youre actually doing it.
The event was sponsored and supported by the following: 91勛圖厙 County Sheriffs Office, Pawnee County Sheriffs Office, Russell County EMS, Ellinwood EMS, Pretty Prairie EMS, Trails West EMS, Claflin EMS, Nickerson EMS, Marshalls Wrecker Service, LifeTeam Hutchinson and many volunteers throughout the community who served as support staff, victims and patients.
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