Paramedic students on the job
29 SEPTEMBER 2015
Paramedic students will respond to a simulated collision between a bus and a truck at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst on Wednesday 30 September.The multi-casualty incident on the lawn in front of the University's Truskett Library will run from 9am to 5pm and involve 150 paramedic students.CSU paramedic academic Ms Amanda Hlushek said, "In two-hour slots, the students will be dispatched to an explosion on a 12-passenger bus which has veered out of control into oncoming traffic and hits a truck. "There will be bodies scattered everywhere with injuries ranging from unconscious patients, to blast injuries. "The first year Bachelor of Clinical Practice (Paramedic) students will work with a partner and be tasked at triaging, calling additional resources and providing care for over 15 patients in and around the vehicles."Students have been working on extrication, triage, and trauma treatment and now are able to put these skills to use in the multi-casualty incident."The exercise follows a simulated car crash at CSU in Bathurst last week involving paramedic students, and representatives from NSW Police, NSW Ambulance and the State Emergency Service.
Media Note:
Ms Amanda Hlushak is an Associate Lecturer in CSU's paramedic program. She is available for interview from 9am to 9.45am or after 12noon on Wednesday 30 September at the scene of the multi casualty incident on the lawn of CSU Truskett Library, building 1412, near car 26, off Research Station Drive, CSU in Bathurst.
The Bachelor of Clinical Practice (Paramedic) is as three year program offered at CSU in Bathurst and Port Macquarie. It is available through CSU online to students employed as qualified paramedics or medics in the Army, Navy or Air Force.
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