Monday, March 24, 2008

In An Instant Mock Car Crash

On Wednesday, March 26, IU-EMS and various other services/organizations will display a mock drunk driving accident in Dunn Meadow from 12pm-3pm.

The "emergency response" will be activated at 1pm in which the local ambulance service, fire department, and campus police will respond to Dunn Meadows for a 2 vehicle collision involving multiple patients and pedestrians. At 1:30pm, a medical helicopter will land in Dunn Meadow for transport of the critically injured patient. After the helicopter circles around campus with the patient, the helicopter will be on display for the afternoon.

In addition to the mock accident, we will have a drunk driving simulator (it will be a real vehicle with computers and sensors attached to the body) in which the driver wears virtual goggles that mimic their vision at a certain blood alcohol content; drunk goggles are going to be available for spectators as well as a field sobriety test; the U.S. Army is anticipating on bringing a Hummer which has plasma TVs and XBOX gaming systems; finally, there will be many free give aways to those who attend.