Moulage

I had never liked blood, scary movies, or anything like that until my father in law invited me to help make his scenes at his Exxon EMT training more realistic. Boy, it's fun! The wikipedia definition for Moulage is:

Moulage (French: casting/moulding) is the art of applying mock injuries for the purpose of training Emergency Response Teams and other medical and military personnel. Moulage may be as simple as applying pre-made rubber or latex "wounds" to a healthy "patient's" limbs, chest, head, etc., or as complex as using complicated makeup and theatre techniques to provide elements of realism (such as blood, vomitus, open fractures, etc.) to the training simulation. The practice dates to at least the Renaissance, when wax figures were utilized for this purpose.

After a friend came over and we researched moulage, here is how the EMT training became more realistic!

WARNING! Images are graphic, but are all pretend.

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