Emergency Services
The fire department had an emergency exercise
that was supposed to simulate a great emergency.
I volunteered to ehlp, as it was Saturday, and I
played a person (based on the card that they
gave me) that had an abdominal injury, and part
of my guts were coming out.
From the way they treated me, I gather that the
way to treat this (should you ever find someone
in this condition) is to put a sterle gauze that is wet
on the wound and apply pressure.
Now because this was simulating true emergency
situation, they did not have enough sterile materials,
so they did the best they could.
However, after my ride in the ambulance (first
one ever, that was fun– with siren), when we got
to the hospital the parametic reported off to the hospital
staff and said what my injury was and what I needed
right away.
The hospital staff was part of the exercise too. They
charted what treatment they would administer, and
this will actually be checked later against the protocol
for such a condition to make sure they did it right.
It was a long day, but all in all it was very educational,
not only for me, but for all the aid workers who needed
actual bodies for their dramatic enactment.
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