SULLIVAN UNIVERSITY NURSING STUDENTS, INSTRUCTORS TO PARTICIPATE IN MOCK AIRPORT DISASTER DRILL

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Students and instructors from Sullivan University’s College of Nursing are scheduled to participate in a drill to help prepare for emergency situations.

A total of 43 students and seven instructors from Sullivan’s Associate of Science in Nursing (RN) program will take part in the full scale exercise Oct. 22 at the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. The disaster drill is being conducted by The Louisville Regional Airport Authority, The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

“The exercise will test the preparedness for a major event that, if real, will require response from many participating agencies at the local, state and federal levels,” the airport said in a statement on its website.

Most of the Sullivan students are expected to play victims of the disaster with instructors observing and directing care as needed, said Sullivan University Dean of Nursing Carla Carter.

“The students are happy to participate,” Carter said. “We are volunteering because community nursing is another focus in nursing and this drill will expose the students to community nursing and preparing for mass injury patients.”

The airport is instructing volunteers to not wear nice clothing.

“It is possible that your clothes may become soiled or torn,” the airport said in the statement. “Volunteers will generally be used to play the role of an ill, injured, walking wounded, deceased victim, or family member. Some volunteers may be asked to lie on the ground or pavement, slump down in a specific position … walk in a manner suggesting a limp or injury, apply makeup to simulate an injury, climb up or down stairs, or receive simulated patient care.”

About Sullivan University

Sullivan University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award Associate, Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097, call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Sullivan University or visit them online at www.sacscoc.org.

The University offers numerous certificates, diplomas, and degrees in career-orientated programs, ranging from business, pharmacy, human resources, I.T. and cyber security, supply-chain management, culinary and baking and pastry arts, hospitality studies, conflict management, nursing, allied health sciences, HVAC-R, interior design, and legal studies. Sullivan University has campuses in Louisville and Lexington, an extension in Fort Knox on the U.S. Army Post, and Learning Centers in Louisa, Carlisle and Mayfield. Sullivan University also has many programs available partially or wholly online. For more information, visit www.sullivan.edu.