Student paramedics from the University of Huddersfield recently participated in a highly-realistic emergency exercise at Leeds Bradford Airport. The exercise involved multiple agencies and simulated a scenario where a passenger plane skidded off the runway during bad weather, breached the perimeter fence and came to rest in a car park. The exercise aimed to give paramedic science students the opportunity to use their skills and knowledge in a realistic emergency situation. The technical services team provided the equipment needed to assess and treat simulated patients, while moulage was used to create realistic, medically accurate injuries. The simulation enabled the students to gain significant real-time experience in understanding risk, communication, and situational awareness. The exercise required collaboration among various agencies to create an accurate simulation of an incident that would require a rapid response. The exercise provided student paramedics with valuable insights into the immense pressures faced by emergency services, bystanders, airport staff, and passengers’ friends and families.
Student Paramedics Participate in a Realistic Emergency Exercise at Leeds Bradford Airport
Student paramedics from the University of Huddersfield recently took part in a simulated emergency exercise at Leeds Bradford Airport. The exercise, which was highly realistic, involved the airport’s emergency services, airport operations and security, airport managers, and external agencies such as Leeds City Council.
The scenario for the exercise was a passenger plane that had skidded off the runway during bad weather conditions and breached the perimeter fence before coming to rest in a car park. The exercise took place at night near the airport’s perimeter, using the fuselage of an old plane located at a distance from the rest of the airport, which continued to run normally during the exercise.
The paramedic science students played various roles during the exercise, including cabin crew, passengers, and those manning the Casualty Clearing Station to triage and treat casualties. The exercise provided them with the opportunity to use their paramedic skills and knowledge in a realistic emergency situation.
The technical services team within the School of Human and Health Sciences provided the students with the equipment needed to assess and treat simulated patients. The exercise also incorporated moulage to create medically accurate injuries, which added further realism to the scenario.
This exercise was the third simulated incident that Huddersfield paramedic students have participated in since the beginning of 2022. Previously, they had taken part in two exercises held on campus and visited North Yorkshire Fire Service’s training facility.
The exercise required collaboration among various agencies, including the council, media, airport security, and airlines, to create an accurate simulation of an incident that would require a rapid response. The students worked alongside the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, with support from the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service and West Yorkshire Police.
Sakina Waller, a senior lecturer in Paramedic Science, emphasized that the exercise provided students with an excellent platform to consolidate technical skills such as patient assessment and management. The simulation enabled them to gain significant real-time experience in understanding risk, communication, and situational awareness.
Neil Perkis, the airport resilience and emergency manager, expressed his satisfaction with the exercise and the University of Huddersfield’s participation. He said that preparedness was essential, and he hoped that such events would never happen.
Realistic Simulation Provided Valuable Insights
The emergency exercise provided student paramedics from the University of Huddersfield with a realistic simulation that gave them valuable insights into the immense pressures faced by emergency services, bystanders, airport staff, and passengers’ friends and families.
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