Paramedic students simulate car crash rescue in powerful new video

REALISTIC: Students at crash simulation

Paramedic students at the University of Hull have been filmed simulating their response to a serious car crash in a powerful new video.

The group were faced with a trapped passenger in a vehicle which had flipped onto its side, and were tasked with providing rapid care and response.

The patient was eventually extricated from the car in a dramatic sequence which was caught on film.

The activity took place in partnership with Humberside Fire and Rescue Service and Yorkshire Ambulance Service.

Nicki Credland, Head of Department of Paramedical, Perioperative and Advanced Practice at the university, said: “This collaboration with Yorkshire Ambulance Service and Humberside Fire and Rescue Service puts us in a really unique position at the university.

“It enables us to offer our students real-life, real-time scenarios in a realistic environment. Students can experience what responding to a serious RTC [Road Traffic Collision] is like, providing vital training and preparation for life after university on the frontline.

“We launched our Paramedic Science course a number of years ago to help combat a worrying shortage of trained paramedics working in the health sector.

“Since its inception, the degree programme has flourished and this September we welcomed a new cohort of 50 student paramedics, reflecting the university’s commitment to supporting the region’s NHS and health service.”

Students found out, in real-time, the requirements fire crews have when responding to an RTC, and the vital role paramedics play in providing the first line of care to patients.

Footage was captured by Hull-based Astor Film Productions, and will be shown to prospective students at the university’s upcoming open days.

Sam Hale, a student paramedic at the University of Hull, said: “It was a brilliant experience taking part in this exercise – it gave us the chance to work with the fire service, to see their equipment and the type of things they can offer, and how we work together at the scene of incidents like this.”

Fellow student Brodie Jones said: “It was good to get a realistic experience of what it is like arriving at the scene of an incident.

EXPERIENCE: University of Hull students worked alongside Humberside Fire and Rescue Service

“It is important for us to find out how the fire service want and need us to work, and how we can work together with them.

“It was a really good opportunity for us to be part of.”