Simulated Injuries for First Responder/EMT practices

This page contains photographs of simulated injuries, applied by Tom Russo using techniques taught by and materials bought from Image Perspectives. No bipedal animals were harmed in the filming of these events.

Cuts, scrapes and bruises

Here are two views of a subject who's been participating in the hot new extreme sport, "Rock Diving." He's banged his leg and scraped his palms.

This gent was in a lightplane crash, but got lucky. All he has is a nasty-looking superficial laceration of the forehead which bled like mad before it got bandaged .

Broken limbs

This guy also went "rock diving" but didn't fare as well as his buddy. Here he is, reclining with a closed tibia/fibula fracture in his right leg while waiting for treatment.

Another victim of the same lightplane crash, this poor guy has an open humerus fracture, seen here right after the prosthetic piece was applied, but before the simulated blood was poured all over his arm: .

Serious Injuries

This fellow was in a lightplane crash, and has suffered injuries to his kidney. Here's the bruise

that was meant to help the EMT figure out why he was showing signs of shock

And James Newberry, Search and Rescue Resource Officer for the New Mexico Department of Public Safety, was another simulated victim of the lightplane crash. He received some nasty knocks on the head, the least of which are shown here: . Don't let his grin fool you, he's in a world of hurt due to the basal skull fracture he has. (I never did photograph the Battle's Sign that would have told the responders more about what was making Uncle Jim so sick) You are visitor number 11 godzillion