By Mike Hixenbaugh
The Rocky Mount Telegram
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — Sweat dripped from Anthony Warrick’s face as he reported the woman’s injuries to the triage commander. The middle-aged victim was unresponsive, Warrick shouted, suffering from second- and third-degree burns and losing blood.
A few moments later, the paramedic student stood chugging a water bottle and laughing with a friend about the simulated horror they had just emerged from. Warrick was one of about 20 Nash Community College EMS students tested Tuesday in a mass-casualty simulation at the school’s safety training facility.
Todd Messer, coordinator of the college EMS program, said he hopes his students never have to deal with the scenario presented Tuesday inside the college burn laboratory — a single-engine airplane crashed into a commercial office building — but if it were to happen, Messer said he hopes they’ll be ready.
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