Nurse Educator journal features School of Nursing disaster simulation

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

March 3, 2017 In the News, Research, School of Nursing, Undergraduate students

Kelley Strout, assistant professor of nursing, is the lead author of “Interprofessional Mass Casualty Incident Simulation Design Protocol to Prepare Prelicensure Nursing Students to Respond to a Disaster,” in the journal Nurse Educator. The simulation on campus in April 2016 was designed to train nursing students and first responders. It featured a simulated bus accident and 31 victim actors with a range of injuries, including those that are life-threatening. The simulation was designed to provide hands-on training for 34 UMaine senior nursing students in a 400-level community and population health class, led by Strout while providing additional training for University Volunteer Ambulance Corps (UVAC) and local emergency responders. The journal article was co-authored by School of Nursing faculty members Deborah Saber, Lisa Swanson-Caruso and Charlene Ingwell-Spolan; Aiden Koplovsky, UMaine zoology major and UVAC chief; Erica Caron, School of Nursing graduate student and staff developer at Eastern Maine Medical Center; UMaine nursing students Jennifer Federico and Colon Hulst; and School of Performing Arts student Isabelle Eltro.