This past Saturday, October 10 RU EMS hosted a full scale training exercise for members.  Four crew chiefs in training had to each manage an entire crew and EMS call simulated in Washington Hall.  The training was a success in that it gave a realistic look to not only to our training crew chiefs, but also to all of our members new and old alike.  Each unit ran two calls: (a) a simulated patient who had fallen and hurt their head (b) a simulated patient who had given blood earlier in the day and fainted.  An additional feature to this training was that each crew chief had to drive to the scene of the call while on film; each patient contact was also filmed.  These videos will surely prove useful as a good review tool and will hopefully help to provide insight to how we operate on our calls.

Special thanks to Washington Hall RA / EMS member Julie Kaye who was indispensable in setting up the training in Washington Hall and helping to find actors.  Additional thanks to the actors who participated and to Radford City EMS Medic Travis Webb for coordinating on their part.