WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Cape Fear Community College students got hands-on experience responding to a mass casualty emergency Saturday as the college transformed part of its downtown campus into a simulated hospital.
The exercise was designed to prepare graduating nursing students and first responders for emergencies, including active shooter incidents and other mass casualty events.
Inside Union Station, students worked in simulated hospital departments, including an operating room, intensive care unit, post-anesthesia care unit and medical-surgical floor…