29 Health & National Response officials are this week participating in a Mass Casualty training exercise

Twenty-nine (29) persons involved in Health and National Response are this week participating in a Mass Casualty training exercise.
 
Mass Casualty Management (MCM) has been highlighted as an area of critical priority for the Ministry of Health and Environment, and over the years, training has been undertaken for health personnel to include representatives from the National Health Agencies.
 
According to a release, recent events such as road traffic crashes involving many passengers, and the effects of climate change, most notable the impact of Tropical Storm Erika, has indicated the need to enhance Dominica's response capacity, by training more personnel at both the community level and the hospital in MCM.
 
It stated further, that the goal of the training is to better equip staff to respond to emergencies and disasters, with the intention that the emergency response capacities of all District Health Teams and first responders will be strengthened. The training target persons within the Ministry of Health, Fire & Ambulance services, Red Cross, Cadet Corp and the Police Force.
 
The training exercise commenced on 20th February 2017, and will end on Friday 24th February 2017, with a final simulation exercise, which may go into the early hours of the morning.