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Encyclopedia > Moulage

Moulage is the art of applying mock injuries for the purpose of training Emergency Response and other medical personnel. Moulage may be as simple as applying pre-made rubber or latex "wounds" to a healthy "patient's" limbs, 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.



see also: trauma makeup EMS


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TRAUMA.ORG:Interactive Trauma (421 words)
A moulage is a practice scenario, where you have a patient to assess and manage appropriately.
These moulages were the first on the internet and more are planned for the future.
The Neurotrauma Moulage demonstrates the principles behind the care of the head injured patient.
Salon Column | Disaster drill (1210 words)
"Moulage" also happens to be the term used by Kegeling inventor Arnold Kegel for his plaster-of-Paris vagina models, which he created to demonstrate the effects of diligent Kegeling.
The basic sarin moulage package was whiteface with some blue face paint blended in, as though one of the effects of sarin was to render its victims indistinguishable from "Braveheart" extras.
I was happy with my bruise until I glanced over and saw the woman next to me having the end of a plastic bone taped to her arm and slathered with stage blood, so that it looked as though it had broken loose from its moorings and poked through her flesh.
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