Paramedic students at Charles Sturt University had the opportunity to demonstrate their skills in assessing and managing trauma patients during a practical exercise involving the State Emergency Service on Friday.
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Students were required to extricate several patients from a car following a simulated road traffic accident.
CSU lecturer Clare Sutton said the exercise forms part of the simulated learning activities for first year paramedic students.
“This exercise provides an invaluable opportunity for the students to experience working alongside other emergency service operators as part of an interagency team,” she said.
“The exercise will give the students the opportunity to practice their skills of assessment and management when presented with multi-trauma casualties.
“These will be vitally important skills for students to master, in preparation for their future role as a front line paramedic.”
During the exercise, students had to identify potential hazards on scene before assessing each casualty.
Students then needed to determine which patients were a priority and then formulate an extraction plan base on those priorities.
Information was conveyed to the SES team, who used various rescue techniques to extricate each of the patients according to their own needs.
“We are very fortunate to have such a close working relationship with the local SES unit,” Ms Sutton said.
