Getting Ready for Mass Casualty

Mary Alice Pass, Bree Baffer, Seabass, Megan Stevens just before a mass casualty event on Saturday evening.

Joe Spinelli Moulages Kaye Dowdy

Some of the MS Is, instead of being moulaged and played casualties, have learned the moulage techniques themselves. This helps the moulae staff in that rarely is anybody waiting to be moulaged. Thus, the scenarios are never waiting on patients.
In general our student leadership has developed an excellent system of assigning students to scenarios. Students usually have about an hour prior to their moulage showtime.

Lesson Learned by the Platoon Sergeant

Our platoon sergeant Megan Stevens had been a bit full of herself with all the power she has over us. We took her behind the tent and showed her where the true power is.
Note: The above post is sarcasm. All bruising is moulage.

Hungover Having Drunk Nothing

I just did two patient runs to different BASs. Completely randomly I had the same simulated patient assignment both times. I was a hungover soldier although in real life we have a general order number one that prohibits is from any alcohol consumption during these two weeks. One both runs upon being told to wait a bit by perimeter guards, I promptly sprawled out on the ground to sleep. On both runs, the MS IVs were quick to assume that I needed a stretcher although I then stood up and walked onward. At the first BAS the Brit acting as surgeon quickley realized I was hungover and returned me to duty. The student at the second station spent nearly twenty minutes before some suggesting by her instructor created in her an 'ah hah' moment.

Helmet Rock

After being evacuated from the BAS, we walked up to the main road in order ne picked up and recycled back to the moulage tent. While waiting for the van, ENS Brian Taylor demonstrated his creativity by inventing a new game, helmet rock, the goal of which is to throw a small rock across the road onto an upsidedown helmet. When you get a rock in, everybody cheers. Play is them continued until either another rock is thrown in or the van arrives. The honor of first helmeted rock belongs to 2dLt Marcia Miranda.

Battalion Aid Station

After being moulaged we were strewn about a IEDed vehicle. The MS IVs then recovered us and brought us to the BAS.

ENS Bree Baffer Post Moulage