The drill was staged just outside the Zadar County Team Two Site of Seline. They drilled a response to a simulated one-vehicle crash with one-patient. The terrain in this area includes winding two-lane switch-back roads packed with tourists on their cars, bicycles, motorcycles, and on foot - with absolutely no shoulder on the roads. It's not difficult to imagine such a crash occurring on roads like this.
Generally, the drill was very similar to what we might have seen the USA. Police arrived first with the ambulance right behind, followed by the fire department who took charge of the extrication. Procedures and techniques were nearly all very familiar to us American observers.
One key difference of course, is the fact that the women in the photo with the stethoscope around her neck is a physician, representative of their staffing model here. Everyone enjoyed being able to witness this drill.
Afterwards, we were treated to a tour of the near-by mountain rescue headquarters in a National Park. More on that below.
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