COSAR Teams up with Students For Rescue Training

Students and those interested in getting into the first responder and medical field had the opportunity on Thursday to play out a real life rescue in Kelowna.

Duane Tresnich from COSAR with the simulated victim (Photo Credit: KelownaNow.com)

Students from The Justice Institute of BC teamed up with other first responders to conduct the mock rescues all over the city. During the afternoon on Thursday paramedics and the Central Okanagan Search and Rescue got together to rescue a patient who had suffered from injuries while on the water.

Paramedic students from the Justice Institute of BC training with COSAR (Photo Credit: KelownaNow.com)

Students were dispatched to the “island” where the woman was left injured to stabilize her and transport her back to land and a waiting ambulance. Duane Tresnich, COSAR Vice President, was on hand to help with the scenario and assist his training crew if they needed it.

Paramedic students from the Justice Institute of BC training with COSAR (Photo Credit: KelownaNow.com)

“Our job here is to assist them in learning what they can do and help them become a better paramedic,” explained Tresnich. “What we are doing here is a simulated person who has been run over by a boat, with two broken legs, a head laceration and partially drowned. We will have her evacuated by the paramedics via boat.”

Paramedic students from the Justice Institute of BC training with COSAR (Photo Credit: KelownaNow.com)

The training exercises take place every four months with the academy and are a valuable experience for the students as they continue their education.

Paramedic students from the Justice Institute of BC training with COSAR (Photo Credit: KelownaNow.com)

Paramedic students from the Justice Institute of BC training with COSAR (Photo Credit: KelownaNow.com)

Paramedic students from the Justice Institute of BC training with COSAR (Photo Credit: KelownaNow.com)