Top of page

Wake Forest EMS Team to Hold Training Event on March 19

by Betsy Chapman

The Wake Forest Emergency Medical Services team will participate March 19 in a mass casualty drill at the nearby Reynolda Business Center.

The drill will run from 8 a.m. to noon in the parking lot at the Univesity’s Reynolda Business Center, which is located at 2815 Reynolda Road across from the Reynolda Road entrance to the University. 

The Wake Forest EMS team is a student-run organization with about 25 student volunteers who respond as emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to 911 medical calls 24/7 during the academic year.

The drill is intended to provide hands-on training to prepare them for a potential serious accident or other emergency on campus.  The students will be dispatched, in the drill, to a simulated incident and will practice how to call for additional resources to assist them. The student EMTs will be unaware of what the incident is until the training occurs March 19 and will conduct themselves as though a mass casualty incident has happened.

The University Police Department, the Winston-Salem Police Department, the University’s Student Health Service, the Winston-Salem Fire Department and the Forsyth County EMS will participate in the drill.

Wake Forest Communications and External Relations

 

Contact

To contact the Office of Family Engagement or Family Communications, please visit our contact page.

 

For mental health assistance: 336-758-CARE (2273) is a service that ensures someone will always be available (i.e., 24/7 M-F, weekends and university holidays) to provide caring and thoughtful consultation services for Wake Forest students in need of mental health assistance or support. You can also visit we.wfu.edu for resources.