After five of these, you can tell what's good and what's not so good. Good: Their moulage (simulated wound) artists were excellent. They worked without rubber prosthetics, and didn't just smudge on some powder. See the photo gallery for examples.
Not so good: I've never seen an MCI exercise with less of a rush to treat and transport. One firefighter broke into a trot, and another said, "Joe
[* Not his real name.]
In fairness, only a few victims needed to be wheeled off on stretchers; the rest were less serious "walking wounded." However, that's also not good practice for an MCI. By contrast, at Dulles and National, they packed a bus full of people on backboards, put a couple on medevac choppers (nowhere to be seen at BWI), and shipped everyone off ASAP.
Just sayin'... DM prefers to practice worst-case, just in case.
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