EMT Instructor blows out student's ear drum

In my medic program they made us put earplugs in, then crawl through an obstacle course of chairs in a blacked out room with a smoke machine going, the scene from saving private Ryan when they're storming the beach playing on full blast and firecrackers going off in a bucket. Once you got where you were going you got some light and had to control an airway. Point of it was I increase your stress levels then perform fine motor skills.


Point is I could see how they justified it but the delivery was way off...way off.
 
Robb said:
In my medic program they made us put earplugs in, then crawl through an obstacle course of chairs in a blacked out room with a smoke machine going, the scene from saving private Ryan when they're storming the beach playing on full blast and firecrackers going off in a bucket. Once you got where you were going you got some light and had to control an airway. Point of it was I increase your stress levels then perform fine motor skills.
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Still have never had a call where I had to crawl in the dark with loud music and firecrackers or gunshots.
 
DesertEMT66 said:
Still have never had a call where I had to crawl in the dark with loud music and firecrackers or gunshots.
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No I agree, but it's tough to simulate stress, that did a great job of it. Once you got where you were going you got more light to complete your task. Is it realistic, no not at all but there are used for simulations like that beyond the "coolness" factor.
 
Robb said:
No I agree, but it's tough to simulate stress, that did a great job of it.
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IV. Cortisol. Epinephrine. Instant stress.
 
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