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Rescue Ready
((The following article appeared in the Spring 2012 issue of the Wright State University Magazine.)) Maj. Karey Dufour is the first student in the Flight and Disaster Nursing specialization. Working...
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Wright State University hires new director for National Center for Medical...
Rufus Smith, director for the National Center for Medical Readiness at Calamityville. Wright State University has hired a permanent director for the National Center for Medical Readiness (NCMR) at...
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Flight Deck
Lt. Col. Tom Wilson is working on his master of nursing degree that will make him a clinical nurse specialist with a sub-specialty in flight and disaster nursing. It was dangerous. It was exciting. It...
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Wright State’s National Center for Medical Readiness receives donated...
The National Center of Medical Readiness received protective clothing and Smart Dummy manikins for training at Calamityville. From left: John Granby, LION’s vice president of domestic preparedness and...
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Air Force pararescuemen to train at Calamityville
Pararescue jumpers from the Kentucky Air National Guard will train at Wright State’s National Center for Medical Readiness at Calamityville. Air Force pararescuemen, who recover and treat victims of...
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Pioneering technology for medical field demonstrated at Calamityville
A weeklong training session at Calamityville included an exercise in which pararescue jumpers from the Kentucky Air National Guard rescued injured people. New technology that promises to revolutionize...
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Masters of disasters
Dan Kirkpatrick and Sharon Stanley are responsible for the National Disaster Health Consortium, a disaster preparedness training program. When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast in 2005, it...
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Greene County Career Center students participate in exercises at Calamityville
From left: Stephanie Davis, associate professor of leadership studies and director of Career, Technical & Adult Education; GCCC students Adeela Boyd, Tori Catterlin, Zach George and Deena Vanover;...
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Wright State University takes ownership of Calamityville
Bob Fyffe, vice president for research and graduate studies, and Fairborn City Manager Debbie McDonnell signed the deed at the ceremony. Ownership of Calamityville, home to the National Center for...
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Donated Boeing 727 to land at Wright State
Beavercreek schoolchildren board a Boeing 727 that will be used as a STEM classroom as part of a collaborative involving Wright State, Clark State Community College and Beavercreek City Schools. A...
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National Center For Medical Readiness partners with Ohio/Indiana UAS Center
Wright State’s National Center for Medical Readiness will partner with the Ohio/Indiana Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center to expand UAS efforts supporting first responder and emergency management...
View ArticleWright State University partners to use drones at disaster sites
Excerpt Another major local university is working with Ohio to develop drone technology. Wright State University’s National Center for Medical Readiness has formalized a partnership with the...
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National Center for Medical Readiness now offering safety training for industry
Wright State’s National Center for Medical Readiness at Calamityville will offer training for industrial workers beginning with fall protection training and confined space training. Construction...
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Wright State’s National Center for Medical Readiness demonstrates live,...
Wright State’s National Center for Medical Readiness held a hostage-scenario training at Calamityville to demonstrate its Live, Virtual, Constructive technology, which combines live exercises with...
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Wright State’s National Center for Medical Readiness at Calamityville is starting to offer safety training for industry workers. The new Industrial Safety Workforce Development Training program will...
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Rescue mission
Firefighters practice extricating a victim from a submerged vehicle during the Trauma Care Challenge at Wright State’s National Center for Medical Readiness at Calamityville. Firefighters clamber over...
View ArticleCalamityville puts rescuer skills to test
Excerpt Area firefighters took to the Calamityville training fields Monday in Fairborn. The National Center of Medical Readiness hosted the Trauma Care Challenge. Firefighters had to help free crash...
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New nursing program offers immersive disaster response training
A participant assessed a volunteer posing as a survivor injured in a tornado during a disaster training exercise organized by Wright State’s National Disaster Health Consortium at the National Center...
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Adrenaline rush
Wright State public health graduate Tami Ashbridge keeps her nursing skills sharp by volunteering at Calamityville and participating in a university disaster response program. (Photo by Chris Snyder)...
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Disaster area
Jim Gruenberg, deputy director of Wright State’s National Center for Medical Readiness at Calamityville, says disaster historians can help communities prepare for and respond to emergencies. (Photos by...
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