Starting at 7pm today, Wednesday 25 May, the maxi emergency exercise, which concludes the Master in Disaster Medicine, organized by Crimedim of the University of Eastern Piedmont in collaboration with Regedim, the research center of the Free University of Brussels.
Also this year the full-scale simulation of a serious accident will be held in Bellinzago Novarese. Over 500 people will be involved, including 32 students of the master, under the organizational leadership of Crimedim, including the committees of the Italian Red Cross and the territorial coordination of civil protection volunteers of the province of Novara, students of the School of Medicine, doctors and nurses, staff of the Simnova Upo center for simulation and education for health professions; Furthermore, as per tradition, the collaboration of the 3rd “Milan” Health Department and the Transit Area Management Regiment (Rsom) of the Italian Army is envisaged, which will set up a fully functional field hospital.
The images from the 2019 tutorial
The 2022 tutorial in figures:
- 150 extras (students of the degree course in Medicine and Surgery and Nursing trained in the role of victims);
- 100 military personnel employed in various capacities in setting up, maintaining and removing the structure;
- 20 make-up artists;
- 32 students from 25 countries from all over the world of the European master in disaster medicine;
- 4 participating Institutions: Crimedim, Simnova, Rsom-Transit Areas Management Regiment, 3rd Department of Health “Milan”;
- 50 Crimedim staff members;
- 100 volunteers involved in the rescue;
- 25 rescue vehicles;
- 1 Roll 2 field hospital of the Italian Army;
- 2 mobile command posts;
- 3 radio links;
- 1 operations room;
- 2 real ambulances in support of the exercise activity;
- 6 months of preparation;
- 1 drone;
- 150 individuals and vehicles monitored via Gps during the exercise.