GALOOME SHOPANE Emergency Medical Care students from Central University of Technology in Bloemfontein were thrown into the fictitious wild when they partook in a casualty incident simulation exercise.
The exercise’s aim was to test the students’ knowledge and skill level on a major accident. Bram du Plessis, a paramedic at Life Health Care Group, says the practical test prepares the students for becoming paramedics.
“The students have a subject called rescue systems, which includes incidents systems down to where the patients are extricated and transported to the hospital. The whole incident command system is tested and they are also evaluated. It (the exercise) shows them where their flaws were and where they can improve,” says Du Plessis.
