Setting the Stage

Emergency medical services experts at the Community College of Aurora, Lowry Campus spent more than two months creating sets for the National Clinical and Safety Championships.  Four duos — comprised of two paramedics, two EMT basic, or one of each — from the American Medical Response Co. competed after winning regional competitions across the United States.

Each team ran a medical and trauma call, which took 45-60 minutes apiece.  One of the scenes scripted by CCA EMS experts included that of a hoarder living in a pay-by-the-week, low-income hotel.  Below are some photos of the detailed set created for the championship competitors.

Breakfast for hotel residents wait to be delivered in the stairwell of the rent-by-the-week hotel set at one of the test sites for the National Clinical and Safety Championships, Sunday morning, July 15, at the Community College of Aurora, Lowry Campus.

A scene of a simulated hoarder at one of the test sites for the National Clinical and Safety Championships, Sunday morning, July 15, at the Community College of Aurora, Lowry Campus. The four finalist teams ran a timed exercise that began with a call on the radio. Scenarios were scripted by CCA emergency medical services experts to mirror real life. Kristy Kuhn and Henry Benavides from Modesto, Calif., won the championship. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)

A scene of a simulated hoarder at one of the test sites for the National Clinical and Safety Championships, Sunday morning, July 15, at the Community College of Aurora, Lowry Campus. The four finalist teams ran a timed exercise that began with a call on the radio. Scenarios were scripted by CCA emergency medical services experts to mirror real life. Kristy Kuhn and Henry Benavides from Modesto, Calif., won the championship. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)

A mannequin hoarder waits for emergency care in her messily-stockpiled hotel room at one of the test sites for the National Clinical and Safety Championships, Sunday morning, July 15, at the Community College of Aurora, Lowry Campus. The four finalist teams ran a timed exercise that began with a call on the radio. Scenarios were scripted by CCA emergency medical services experts to mirror real life. Kristy Kuhn and Henry Benavides from Modesto, Calif., won the championship. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)

A scene of a simulated hoarder at one of the test sites for the National Clinical and Safety Championships, Sunday morning, July 15, at the Community College of Aurora, Lowry Campus. The four finalist teams ran a timed exercise that began with a call on the radio. Scenarios were scripted by CCA emergency medical services experts to mirror real life. Kristy Kuhn and Henry Benavides from Modesto, Calif., won the championship. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)

An actor waits for his cue at a scene of a simulated hoarder at one of the test sites for the National Clinical and Safety Championships, Sunday morning, July 15, at the Community College of Aurora, Lowry Campus. The four finalist teams ran a timed exercise that began with a call on the radio. Scenarios were scripted by CCA emergency medical services experts to mirror real life. Kristy Kuhn and Henry Benavides from Modesto, Calif., won the championship. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)

An actor waits for his cue at a scene of a simulated hoarder at one of the test sites for the National Clinical and Safety Championships, Sunday morning, July 15, at the Community College of Aurora, Lowry Campus. The four finalist teams ran a timed exercise that began with a call on the radio. Scenarios were scripted by CCA emergency medical services experts to mirror real life. Kristy Kuhn and Henry Benavides from Modesto, Calif., won the championship. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)

A hallway at a rent-by-the-week hotel scene is design to great detail at one of the test sites for the National Clinical and Safety Championships, Sunday morning, July 15, at the Community College of Aurora, Lowry Campus. The four finalist teams ran a timed exercise that began with a call on the radio. Scenarios were scripted by CCA emergency medical services experts to mirror real life. Kristy Kuhn and Henry Benavides from Modesto, Calif., won the championship. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)

A neighbor’s room at a rent-by-the-week hotel scene is designed to great detail at the setting of a simulated hoarder at one of the test sites for the National Clinical and Safety Championships, Sunday morning, July 15, at the Community College of Aurora, Lowry Campus. The four finalist teams ran a timed exercise that began with a call on the radio. Scenarios were scripted by CCA emergency medical services experts to mirror real life. Kristy Kuhn and Henry Benavides from Modesto, Calif., won the championship. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)

A neighbor’s room at a rent-by-the-week hotel scene is designed to great detail at the setting of a simulated hoarder at one of the test sites for the National Clinical and Safety Championships, Sunday morning, July 15, at the Community College of Aurora, Lowry Campus. The four finalist teams ran a timed exercise that began with a call on the radio. Scenarios were scripted by CCA emergency medical services experts to mirror real life. Kristy Kuhn and Henry Benavides from Modesto, Calif., won the championship. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)

A neighbor’s room at a rent-by-the-week hotel scene is designed to great detail at the setting of a simulated hoarder at one of the test sites for the National Clinical and Safety Championships, Sunday morning, July 15, at the Community College of Aurora, Lowry Campus. The four finalist teams ran a timed exercise that began with a call on the radio. Scenarios were scripted by CCA emergency medical services experts to mirror real life. Kristy Kuhn and Henry Benavides from Modesto, Calif., won the championship. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)