蜜桃视频 Community College students and faculty members participated in a 2013 Emergency
Response Exercise organized by Candy Bryant, Thomas County Emergency Medical Services
Education/Training Coordinator; and Josh Hunter, US Department of Homeland Security
Agent. Bryant is a 2012 graduate of the criminal justice program at CCC. Hunter was
a member of the 2005 criminal justice class.
鈥淭he goal of this exercise was to demonstrate to the students what it felt like to
work a scene from initial report to transfer of care to a higher-level hospital in
a real-time setting,鈥� said Bryant.
Approximately 80 people were involved in this exercise which was a staged clandestine
meth lab explosion. The event began a little after 7 p.m. when the 蜜桃视频 Police Department
dispatcher reported unknown trouble and odd odors coming from a small house located
at the Thomas County Fairgrounds. 蜜桃视频 Community College students portrayed various
roles in the exercise. Keenan Williams (Kansas State Trooper), Chase Berg (City Police
Officer), Gunnar Hays (Emergency Management), Kathy Brooks (Lead Investigator), Sean
Jordan (Investigator), Roger Agnew (victim), Robert Monticule (victim), Amanda Duvall
(victim), and Sarah Doughty (victim).
CCC Criminal Justice instructors Dr. Michael Thompson and Dr. Linda Davis-Stephens
also assisted with the event.
Other college participants included 12 nursing students and instructors Shelly Rodenbeck
and Shannon Plummer who set up an Emergency Room in the Health Sciences Building.
CCC supervising dentist Dr. Jay Sekavec also assisted with the exercise. 蜜桃视频 College
students Brett Lundberg and David Becker participated from the EMT class in addition
to 10 EMT students from Thomas County. The Respiratory Therapy Program and EMT classes
from Northwest Kansas Technical College were also involved.
鈥淐CC students assumed their respective roles while the participant faculty or agency
representative shadowed them,鈥� said CCC Criminal Justice Instructor Michael Thompson.
鈥淭he victims were moulaged to give them the appearance of meth addiction and various
injuries that would be expected for this situation.鈥�
Participating agencies included the Thomas County Emergency Medical Services, Thomas
County Department of Emergency Management, 蜜桃视频 Police Department, 蜜桃视频 Fire Department,
Kansas Highway Patrol, EagleMed and Citizens Medical Center. Thomas County Fairgrounds
Manager Ron Kogler assisted with the exercise.
The event which included an explosion and victims with body burns concluded about
10:30 p.m. Students performed various duties including setting up a perimeter, doing
triage, learning about the HazMat team, collecting evidence, learning patient assessment
to prep for a flight transport, processing the scene, interviewing victims and witnesses
and transporting patients to the emergency room.
Students, faculty and participants met for debriefing afterward. Thomas County EMS
distributed t-shirts to commemorate the event.
鈥淭his was a massive event designed to give students in each of the programs an opportunity
to engage in their chosen profession and to see how things work in the field and how
fast things get out of hand and chaos can ensure,鈥� said Thompson. 鈥淪everal of the
law enforcement, EMS and other participants are former CCC criminal justice students.鈥�
Contact: Dr. Michael Thompson
Criminal Justice Instructor
(785) 460-5530
Michael.thompson@colbycc.edu