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TO DO: See Student Emergency Medical Care Teams in Action
Spring Lake Park High School hosts a competition Saturday at 11 a.m.
You can watch young emergency medical teams in training show what they know at Spring Lake Park High School on Saturday.
At the Minnesota Youth Emergency Medical Care Competition, teams of four compete by responding to simulated emergency scenarios, according to the school district website:
Beginning with team introductions at 11:00 am in the varsity gym, teams will compete through 1:30 pm. The awards ceremony commences at 3:30 pm, also in the varsity gym. If you want to take in the event, and support the teams and all others, enter the gym/pool entrance on the school's east side.
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At last year's competition, the simulated disaster involved people on wheels:
One scenario, as an example, involved a mishap with 26 roller derby participants in their full gear.
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Spring Lake Park teams are drawn from the school's Opportunities in Emergency Health Care (OEC) program.
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