People are in danger, others are injured and suspects remain on the loose.
That’s the scenario students were thrown into on Friday during a live training simulation at New Westminster’s Justice Institute.
Students from the institute’s paramedic academy joined police trainees, medical residents from UBC and nursing and psychiatric nursing students from Douglas College for two 90-minute simulations. The event was the largest multi-agency training simulation held at the New Westminster campus.
During the simulations, students were required to respond as they would in the field, with medical personnel managing casualties and injured civilians while police secured the scene and searched for the suspects.
“Simulations are really the heart of the applied public safety education and training that students receive at JIBC,” Dr. Laureen Styles, academic vice-president at the Justice Institute, said in a media release. “These training simulations provide students the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills in a safe learning environment.”
The provincial mobile medical unit was supposed to be a part of the event but was pulled out a few days prior. Students had access to field hospital facilities instead.
