The Meridian Fire Department is undergoing training this week on responding to different versions of trauma calls around the area. GTI, or Global Trauma Institute, is a company that offers training to emergency personnel and first responders on how to react in situations such as car crashes, gunshot victims, and more. Each fire member took turns on different parts of the cadavers, learning how to stabilize bleeding, how to properly incubate, and so much more. Meridian Fire Chief Michael Evans says, โSo here in Meridian, we respond to all these different types of emergencies. Gunshots, stabbings, wrecks, all types of things, so with this training behind us, theyโre actually showing them the proper techniques on how to stop someone from bleeding, how to stabilize the leg. Theyโre teaching us here this week about anything they need to provide care for that patient. Thatโs what is special about this. They brought in actual cadaver bodies to do that with, something that you have never heard of before around here, and thatโs what makes this training so special. Itโs real-life situations theyโre going over here today.โ
