CRH Emergency Services will take part in a simulated disaster drill with the U.S. Army’s Muscatatuck Urban Training Center on May 5, according to an April 27 announcement.
The exercise aims to help both military and civilian medical teams practice their response to mass-casualty events. The training is designed so Army units can assess their ability to treat, triage, and transport patients from a simulated disaster site to a civilian hospital for advanced care. At the same time, CRH Emergency Services staff will gain experience transporting and triaging patients arriving from military vehicles and personnel.
A rehearsal session for the drill is scheduled for mid-morning on May 1 at the hospital campus. Organizers said these activities are simulations only and will not impact real patient care.
During the formal exercise between 10 a.m. and noon on May 5, there will be increased activity by military personnel and vehicles around the hospital campus as they transport role-playing patient actors and mannequins used as simulated patients by ground. Training materials related to the scenarios will also be visible during this period.
Guardian Response is an Army entity that organizes exercises like this one to validate an Army unit’s readiness in supporting state and local authorities if there were ever a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear attack.
