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Volume 65 | Issue 12 | April 20, 2018

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How would you react in a crisis?

Austin Romito | Banner

Ashley Navarette (left), master’s student in physician assistant studies, and Jolene Dickert (right), master’s student in athletic training, aid Ryan Lehfeldt, junior film studies major, in a disaster simulation hosted April 14 by the School of Nursing at California Baptist University.

Shooting simulation gives real-life disaster practice, tests reactions of graduate nursing, medical students BY AUSTIN ROMITO STAFF WRITER

Among the shrieks, screams and calls for help in a disaster situation, a healthcare professional must stay level-headed to provide the most effective aid to victims. The School of Nursing at California Baptist University hosted an active-shooter simulation April 14 to prepare healthcare graduate students for real-life crisis situations. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, athletic trainers, speech language pathologists, behavioral health sciences and public health graduate students all participated in the simulation. Before entering the Events Center, graduate students were briefed that there had been a simulated mass shooting at a CBU volleyball game and that fans were exposed to anthrax. CBU graduate students were expected to collaborate

with one another to provide disaster relief to victims. “As nurse practitioners, we are triaging patients and checking if they need immediate attention and making sure our resources go to the appropriate patients that need response first,” said Genevieve Monge, nurse practitioner graduate student. Each victim in the simulation wore a triage identification card around his or her neck identifying the medical condition of the “patient” so the healthcare students could note assessment of injuries. Patients were sent to one of four triage tarps set up in the simulation: green, yellow, red or black. Patients that could wait for treatment were sent to the green tarp, then patients needing attention would be sent to the yellow or red tarp depending on severity. The black tarp represented those who had died in the simulatuon attack.

Ryan Lehfeldt, junior film studies major, was one of the actors who “died” during the simulation. He works on campus as a standardized patient in the School of Nursing and off campus as an actor. Lehfeldt said he was inspired to participate as an actor in the simulation to have an impact on the healthcare students preparing to serve their community. “A scenario like this made me realize that things can change in an instant,” Lehfeldt said. “My scenario, hopefully, helped someone prepare for a real-life situation.” The disaster relief situation lasted for 40 minutes, completing Phase 1 of the simulation. For Phase Two, the graduate students entered debriefing groups where they heard from family members of those that had “died.”

SEE SIMULATION | PAGE 2

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BY ADAM DOUGLAS ASST. A&E EDITOR

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