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BERT And CITCO Talk Over Mass Casualty Emergencies
posted (May 2, 2017)
3 weeks ago, we showed you the disaster simulation that BERT, their ambulance teams, the police, the fire department, and the City Council staged on Princess Margaret Drive in front of the KHMH. They were testing the state of readiness of the entire emergency apparatus in the event of a mass casualty situation within the City or the Belize Distrct.

Well today, BERT and their partners in emergency management held a workshop for the public servants who must respond to these types of extreme emergencies. They discussed topics such as emergency medical care in the absence of a trained EMT on sight, and how to handle persons with severe injuries.

We stopped by and spoke to representatives of all 4 sister agencies about the importance of this type of skills training.:

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