Apparatus and crews from the Denver Fire Department will participate alongside students from the Denver Public Schools – Career Education Center Middle College of Denver as they extricate, triage, and treat moulaged mock patients during their Joint Professional Training Exercise. On Friday, May 8th at 8:30 a.m. students from the Sports Medicine/Athletic Training, Fire Science and Medical Prep classes will collaborate with firefighters, EMT’s and Paramedics during this true to life multi-vehicle crash scenario that will gauge how effectively students would respond to an actual emergency.

Denver Fire will provide hands on support and training during the exercise assisting students with the most critically ill patients. Stadium Medical will supply an on-site ambulance to simulate patient transport. Upon conclusion of the mock scenario Denver Fire will demonstrate some extrication techniques used in actual emergencies as well as conduct a debriefing with the students.

This mock emergency scenario is also conducted in support of the Alive at Twenty Five Safe Driving Program sponsored by the Colorado State Patrol which stresses the importance of wearing seatbelts. “Partnering with DPS students on a mock scenario of this nature provides our firefighters with great teaching and mentoring opportunities. We are honored to be a part of this event again this year,” said Denver Fire Department, Assistant Chief of Operations Michael Shepherd. “As a department we are committed to the youth in our community and hope that our participation will reinforce the importance of wearing seatbelts.”

These courses are offered as part of the unique curriculum at CEC Middle College, preparing students for careers and college/post secondary education in over 20 career classes.

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