The Ambulance Service College in Dublin recently held a Major Incident Exercise to coincide with students being taught the Major Incident Module.
The exercise involved volunteers from the Defence Forces, Order of Malta & Civil Defence, as well as students of the National Ambulance Service College, Dublin. Around SEVENTY volunteers from the various agencies acted as casualties for the incident. The services of Ann Crofts, a Professional Makeup & Moulage Artist from Wales was utilised and you can see some images of her work in the attached slideshow.
The Incident was described as "A major Explosion with building collapse and damage" at a Defence Forces site.
The response was combined between the Medical Corps of the Defence Forces and the National Ambulance Service.
Sincere thanks to:
Civil Defence for the use of Ratra House in the Phoenix Park to stage the exercise
Volunteers of the Civil Defence who acted as Casualties
Defence Forces Volunteer Casualties
Order of Malta Casualties
Members of the Civil Defence for setting up lighting, comminications and site security
Ann Crofts for her Professional Makeup Services - enquiries 0863612435)
National Ambulance Service College Tutors - Mark T, Vincent D & Tom B for supervising & planning of the event
The Student Paramedics from the HSE and Defence Forces for their diligence and best efforts during the exercise!
Anyone else we forgot to mention!!
Click Here for the slideshow of images (15MB PDF File)
