By Matthew Raggatt
The Canberra Times
AUSTRALIA — Future paramedics practiced their emergency response skills in a timed competition at the Australian Catholic University on Wednesday.
A simulated car crash, an elderly person with dementia falling down stairs and a person collapsing in the shower were the emergencies 30 second-year students had to respond to in the inaugural Paramedic Skills Competition.
A donated crashed car and two ambulances were used in the scenarios at the Watson campus.
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