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What is MASCAL Training?
MASCAL (Mass Casualty Exercise) training is a simulation-based initiative designed to evaluate the readiness of Emergency Medical Services (EMS), fire departments, law enforcement, military personnel, and hospitals to respond to mass casualty events. The primary goal is to assess each organization’s ability to manage a large influx of patients with varying levels of injury or illness.
Key Components
- Scenario Development: Create Hyper-Realistic® scenarios that reflect real-world mass casualty situations, such as active shooter hostile events (ASHE), natural disasters, terrorist attacks, or combat operations.
- Patient Simulation: Utilize actors known as “moulage patients” to portray injured or ill individuals, complete with Hyper-Realistic® wounds and medical conditions, challenging your team’s response capabilities.
- Communication and Coordination: Foster effective communication, a critical skill among hospital staff, emergency responders, and other stakeholders. This includes coordinating patient movements, resource allocation, and medical treatment to ensure a swift and efficient response.
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs): Ensure adherence to established SOPs throughout the exercise, promoting consistency and efficiency in response efforts.
- Debriefing and Improvement: Conduct thorough debriefings post-exercise to identify areas for improvement. This will allow for implementing changes that enhance future mass casualty responses.
Previous Training Exercises
STOPSMED has successfully provided MASCAL support to a variety of organizations, including:
- Rocky Vista University
- Del Mar Racetrack
- San Diego Zoo
- San Diego Safari Park
- Port St. Lucie County Fire
- FEMA
- Federal Fire
- Clear Space Force Station
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Department of Defense (DOD)
- John Wayne Orange County Airport
Innovative Solutions
Traditional simulation methods often have limitations. While some patient simulators can replicate complex physiological responses, they can be expensive and technically challenging. In contrast, human-worn trauma simulators and moulage actors significantly enhance realism and participant immersion in MASCAL scenarios. This immersive approach offers several benefits:
- Enhanced Realism: Creates a more lifelike training environment that reflects real-world scenarios.
- Deeper Understanding: Allows participants to confront the emotional and psychological aspects of crisis response.
- Teamwork Promotion: Encourages effective communication and collaboration among responders.
- Effective Training: Moulaged actors portraying injured individuals with Hyper-Realistic® wounds foster an environment reinforcing the bonds necessary for a coordinated response.
Simulation training is critical in preparing medical professionals to navigate the unique challenges of MASCAL events, from initial scene assessment to patient transport. By engaging participants on multiple levels, this training fosters a more prepared organization, enabling teams to respond swiftly and efficiently when faced with real emergencies. Additionally, it helps agencies identify system-level gaps and optimize their MASCAL response plans, ultimately enhancing community resilience.
STOPS Medical offers provides the following:
- Scenario Development
- Active Shooter Hostile Event (ASHE) Support
- MASCAL planning, concept, and facilitation
- Tactical Medicine Subject Matter Experts (SME)
- NAEMT TECC/TCCC Instructors
- Cut Suits: Specialized wearable suits designed to simulate Hyper-Realistic® traumatic injuries on human actors may also be used on low-fidelity manikins.
- PHTLS, TCCC, TECC, and Surgical Training Devices
- Hemorrhage control training devices
- Casualty Care Rescue Randy (CCRR)
Please contact our team at [email protected] for more information.
Strategic Operations Medical offers the following training courses:
Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC)
The Second Edition of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) course is designed to present a strong foundation of topics, concepts, principles, and skills specific to delivering emergency medical care for patients in a civilian tactical environment.
Tactical Emergency Casualty Care for Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders (TECC-LEO)
An 8-hour classroom scenario-based skills course designed explicitly for law enforcement and non-EMS first responders.
Tactical Medicine Technician (TMT)
The crawl, walk, run teaching methodology will take the students from the repetitive practice of core Tactical Medicine skills through full Hyper-Realistic® stress inoculation scenarios.
Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC)
NAEMT's Tactical Combat Casualty Care course introduces evidence-based, life-saving techniques and strategies for providing the best trauma care on the battlefield, under the auspices of the PHTLS program. It is the only TCCC course endorsed by the American College of Surgeons.
Mass Casualty Exercise (MASCAL) Simulation Training
MASCAL (Mass Casualty Exercise) training is a simulation-based initiative designed to evaluate the readiness of Emergency Medical Services (EMS), fire departments, law enforcement, military personnel, and hospitals to respond to mass casualty events.
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