Anna Rodriguez, right, of Los Alamos National Laboratory HazMat team Export Control Safe-IP applies moulage to Ruth Ann Johnson, a student in the University of New Mexico- Los Alamos EMT Basic class prior to the Multiple Casualty Incident training exercise Friday at UNM-LA. The exercise is part of the Fire & Ice In The Jemez Mountains Emergency Medicine And Critical Care Conference taking place through Sunday at on the UNM-LA campus. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Los Alamos Fire Department paramedic and UNM-LA paramedic instructor Rick Acedo and Christine Atencio, a student in Acedo’s EMT Basic class, wait for the moulage to be finished prior to the training exercise. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Loni Galea, right, of LANL Export Control Safe IP applies moulage to UNM-LA Basic EMT class student Allanah Sanchez. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.comLANL’s Carmela Aragon puts the finishing touches on Carlsson Archbold’s realistic moulage Saturday at the Fire & Ice Conference at UNM-LA. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Fire & Ice Conference participants listen to a session entitled “Internal Trauma: Bleeding and Shock” Friday morning taught by Allison Lindman, MD. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
UNM-LA EMT Basic students await the arrival of conference participants for a training exercise with a bus crash scenario. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.comEMT Basic student Leann Quintana participates in the Multiple Casualty Incident training exercise Friday afternoon at UNM-LA. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Participants in the Multiple Casualty Incident training exercise Friday afternoon at UNM-LA figure out their next step. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Nate Stephens, a student in the UNM-LA EMT Basic class, participates in the training exercise. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.comTamara Weary, left, of La Cueva Volunteer Fire Department and Liza Kent of Bandelier National Monument determine which emergency vehicles should be dispatched to which medical facilities during the Fire & Ice training exercise Friday at UNM-LA. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Michael O’Neill of Pajarito Mountain Ski Patrol examines an ear he made out of Play-Doh as part of an “Accupressure and Three-Ear Seed Auricular Therapy” class taught by Eleni Fredlund. Fredlund is a registered trainer for the National Detoxification Association and a member of the New Mexico Crisis Support team. Acupressure points are used for critical incidents and in pre-hospital settings for stress mitigation and relief of anxiety, hypertension, nausea and pain. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.comLos Alamos Fire Department Training Coordinator Donna McHenry and Advanced EMT Joshua Chapman keep an eye on conference participants performing triage during Friday’s training exercise. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Tamara Weary of La Cueva Volunteer Fire Department performs CPR on Ruth Ann Johnson during the training exercise. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.comConference participants work on “injured” people during the training exercise Friday. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com
Tamara Weary of La Cueva Volunteer Fire Department performs CPR on Ruth Ann Johnson during the training exercise. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com