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Archive for 25/04/2009
Murphy makes his acting debut.
25/04/2009 by admin.
We have just had an excellent evening supporting the Scottish Casualties Network by hosting one of their training scenarios.
Scottish Casualties Network is a non profit making organisation, which provides Casualty Simulation Services and training support throughout
Tonight their scenario was an RDA lesson that had gone badly wrong leaving many casualties with special needs littered across the riding school and all in need of first aid and reassurance. There were people with back injuries, obscure conditions, sight problems, and one lady in a wheelchair. The actors ranging from age 11yrs up were superb, the make up was unbelievably real, and the care they received from the first aiders that attended was spot on. It was obvious how important the Scottish Casualties Network is and how lucky we are that there are people out there who are prepared to hang out in riding schools in the cold to ensure that, someday if this really happened, everyone would be in good hands!
Our Murphy made his debut as a horse that had bolted (Ha! Murphy bolt?! That’ll be the day. Sounds far too energetic for him!) and got right into the part trying to add extra drama by attempting to roll when he was taken into the school to stand near a casualty on the ground who had supposedly been thrown off. We quickly persuaded him that it was overacting and we didn’t want any real casualties! The first aiders who attended immediately cleared the area of any further dangers so Murphy was asked to leave making his role rather minor but no less important!
We would like to thank everyone from Scottish Casualties Network for coming along and being so pleasant and enthusiastic, but more importantly for doing a really important job.
If you would like more information on the Scottish Casualties Network you can go to www.scottishcasualtiesnetwork.org.uk
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