EMRIC Turns Skills Stations into Obstacle Course

On October 11, the Emergency Medicine Residency Interest Club on the Colorado campus built an intricate obstacle course for 60 club members to compete in teams of four. The nine stations, which included intubation, splinting, EKG lead placement, spinal immobilization, Heimlich maneuver, differential diagnoses, cricothyrotomy, tourniquet placement, and IO placement, were set up on the RVU East Lawn and by the side entrance to the Healthcare Simulation Center.

For EMRIC’s largest event of the semester, the first half focused on training in each skill, followed by the competition portion. Of the thirteen teams that participated, "Aggressively Average" emerged victorious, winning Starbucks gift cards valued at $20 (and presented in the form of a giant prize check).