Volunteer high school students, scream for help while an injured patient lies motionless near a destroyed home and damaged vehicles.<\/p>\n
These were scenes from a simulated tornado on the final day of a weeklong training program offered by Wright State University\u2019s National Disaster Health Consortium<\/a> (NDHC), an interprofessional program designed to standardize disaster preparedness, response and recovery training.<\/p>\n Wright State nursing students were among those who participated in the training, which took place Oct.10-14 at Wright State\u2019s National Center for Medical Readiness at Calamityville<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI have learned so much here, and it\u2019s a chance for me to put together everything that I\u2019ve learned so far,\u201d said Ebony Greene a senior nursing student.<\/p>\n Prior to the live training exercises, participates took online courses covering topics like the history of disasters, emergency management for health care organizations and leadership during disasters.<\/p>\n Participants received continuing education credit, a certificate from NDHC and Advanced Disaster Life Support certification.More information about the National Disaster Health Consortium, including registration details, is available at nursing.wright.edu<\/a>\u00a0or by calling 937-775-3572.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wright State nursing students were among those who participated in a disaster response training exercise at Wright State\u2019s National Center for Medical Readiness at Calamityville.
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