Students from more than 5 programs are taking part in annual Emergency training at Fanshawe College. They are simulating the situation of urgency on campus. Acting students and volunteers are helping to make it as real as possible.
Izabel Fernley, a first year student at the Acting program is a main character in the scene.
“ It’s very helpful with improvisation. We didn’t get a lot of information about the scene, the professor just told us to go and improvise,” said Fernley
Fanshawe acting students at annual Emergency training
The training happens every year. Students from more than five programs and volunteers are making the show. The training was created to provide them with the learning experience. All the situations played are created with the purpose of showing students the real life experience.
For this scene it is an argument between the client and the hooker. I am being bitten and stabbed and I bite off his member. It’s a very hectic scene,
informs Fernley
Some of the students participating are paramedics. This training is one of the biggest challenges in their program. They get the experience that can’t be closer to reality.
“Exercise like this allows us to practice some of the skills we’re learning in the lab in a more realistic setting,” says one of the paramedic students.
Him and his partner in the ambulance are the next ones to participate.
“Incidents like this like multi casualty incidents are not usually practiced in the lab or on placement,” adds his partner.
The acting students increase the pressure and stress level by crying and screaming. Their role is also an exam for them, as their professors try to stay close to watch them.
Paramedic students at annual Emergency training at Fanshawe
“I think it will be interesting really for the paramedics and the nurses to get involved with it. The whole time I’m supposed to be yelling and refusing care from them,” says Fernley with enthusiasm.
This training was one of the most successful, according to Fanshawe media release. A lot of students volunteered for participation which made it more difficult to get everyone to practice.
“We do have limitations, such as not enough ambulances to fully simulate a scenario like this,” adds another paramedic student.
He is the next one for the ambulance car.
“Right now we have three crews in one ambulance which makes it less realistic but still valuable,” says the paramedic while jumping in the car to go help another explosion victim.
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