Disaster Day drill for nursing students to be held May 6 and 8

Published: 05/05/2019

The St. Charles Community College Nursing Department will host a mass casualty drill 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on May 6 and May 8. SCC hosts a drill every semester for their graduating nursing students that allows them to experience a large-scale disaster event while still enrolled in school. This semester’s mass casualty drill will focus on an active assailant/intruder scenario.

SCC has expanded this training and is collaborating with the St. Charles County Ambulance District, St. Charles County Police Department, St. Charles County Department of Emergency, SCC Police Department and several fire district agencies from across the country.

Volunteers for the drill will be faculty, staff and nursing alumni.

Disaster Day will be held at the SCC Dardenne Creek campus in the Center for Healthy Living (CHL) gymnasium and newly-designed virtual hospital.

SCC nursing students will be able to practice assessment and prioritization of patient injuries for triage treatment alongside health providers and first responders. The nursing students will also collaborate with EMS, fire and police departments to triage and transport patients to the new virtual hospital for treatment.

For more information, contact Katy Morris at 636-922-8527 or kmorris@stchas.edu.

St. Charles Community College is a public, comprehensive two-year community college with associate degrees and certificate programs in the arts, business, sciences and career-technical fields. SCC provides workforce training and community-based personal and professional development as well as cultural, recreational and entertainment opportunities. For more information, visit www.stchas.edu.