On Sunday, September 28th, UICOMP emergency medicine residents and medical students attended an active shooter mass casualty simulation at Northwoods Mall. Peoria Special Response Team, Central Illinois Emergency Response Team, Peoria Police Department, Peoria Fire Department and AMT took part.
Residents observed the simulation with leaders from Peoria Fire, AMT, and Peoria SRT. Kyle Brown, PGY-2, then participated as the hostage taken during the second part of the simulation. An abandoned house near the mall was used for the hostage negotiation. Kyle found the experience to be very eye-opening. He was impressed by how well the negotiator and Peoria Special Response Team controlled the situation and rescued him.
Following the Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooting and Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, it became clear that we needed a new way to respond to active shooter mass casualty incidents. Representatives from law enforcement, fire, prehospital care, trauma care, and the military convened in Hartford, Connecticut in April 2013 to hammer out the details. What they came up with was a multi-tiered approach to managing these situations: http://www.acep.org/disaster/.
Ashley Huff, PGY-3
Residents observed the simulation with leaders from Peoria Fire, AMT, and Peoria SRT. Kyle Brown, PGY-2, then participated as the hostage taken during the second part of the simulation. An abandoned house near the mall was used for the hostage negotiation. Kyle found the experience to be very eye-opening. He was impressed by how well the negotiator and Peoria Special Response Team controlled the situation and rescued him.
Following the Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooting and Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, it became clear that we needed a new way to respond to active shooter mass casualty incidents. Representatives from law enforcement, fire, prehospital care, trauma care, and the military convened in Hartford, Connecticut in April 2013 to hammer out the details. What they came up with was a multi-tiered approach to managing these situations: http://www.acep.org/disaster/.
Ashley Huff, PGY-3
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