Train As You Fight To Save Lives
Mercy Thompson, volunteer and simulated ambulatory victim of an aircraft accident, sits on the taxiway for the Triennial National Disaster Medical Systems Exercise held at the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, N.C., Oct. 8, 2017. The exercise goal is to demonstrate the ability to alert, notify, and respond to an aircraft accident utilizing and communicating between various organizations to ultimately recover and render medical aid to victims. The volunteers with moulage were given various injuries to facilitate the first responders to properly triage the scene during the exercise.