Ohio State Active Shooter Drill Also Trains Medical Students for Mass Casualties
By: Geoffrey Redick
Submitted by: Todd Lash, Publications Committee Chair
At a school that's already seen weapon-wielding attackers, active shooter drills are not uncommon. The Ohio State University's College of Medicine has also staged its own educational mass casualty events in the past, with actors wearing fake blood and simulating dangerous situations. The latest active shooter drill held Wednesday was different: medical students and residents became the simulated victims, and caregivers, all at once — while facing down an actual gunman shooting loud, blank rounds from a handgun.
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