LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — College Medical Heart trauma employees handled a unique sort of affected person Thursday — dummies.
The dummies had been a part of a mass-casualty simulation, serving to UMC employees and Clark County emergency responders put together for the worst. By way of the simulation, trauma groups must account for individuals arriving on the hospital in numerous methods and with various ranges of accidents.
Sufferers are given different-colored armbands to establish how crucial their accidents are, serving to employees manage who must be handled first. Healthcare employees not solely work to rapidly establish accidents, however individuals as properly, which UMC trauma chief Deborah Kuhls says is a lesson discovered from the 1 October taking pictures.
Simulation coaching utilizing dummies at College Medical Heart on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (KLAS)
Simulation coaching utilizing dummies at College Medical Heart on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (KLAS)
Simulation coaching utilizing dummies at College Medical Heart on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (KLAS)
Simulation coaching at College Medical Heart on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (KLAS)
“Many patients will arrive without ID. We won’t know who they are, and that was actually the case in the shooting as well,” Kuhls stated.
Simulations will not be a brand new coaching course of, occurring for many years. However Kuhls says they’re a tried-and-true technique to coach new employees and enhance the standard of the remaining.
“It’s important that we drill and drill and drill to identify gaps or areas of improvement,” Kuhls stated.
