Training life-saving techniques and team work on animal models while under full ketamine anesthesia, typical injuries are inflicted on the animal.
Training life-saving techniques
The animal is placed in the field, and the rescue team of students is scrambled. The team provides life support on-site before evacuating “the patient” to the hospital.
“The hospital” is a make-shit out-door operating theatre. Here the field team reports to the hospital team, and discuss further treatment.
Training damage control surgery on animal models
Damage control surgery is a staged surgical intervention:
- Stop the processes that takes the patient down
- 1 – 3 days of intensive non-surgical resuscitation
- Definitive surgical repair.
The hospital team of students performs damage control surgery. The surgical interventions should be brief, maximum 40 minutes, with one single aim: temporary stabilization of “the patient”.
When life-saving surgery is completed, the field and hospital teams’ performance is evaluated. This includes anesthesia quality.