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.com
LANL’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.com
EMT 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.com
Tamara 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.com
Los 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.com
Conference 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