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Biography
Cain Humphrey is currently a certified paramedic by the State of Kansas, board of EMS. He started his career in EMS in 1991 by taking an EMT class from Pratt Community College under Anita Myers. He became certified as an EMT in late 1991. Continuing his EMS education he became an EMT-D in 1994 and an EMT-I,D in 1995 both through Barton County Community College. He started the MICT program in October of 1996 and passed the National and State boards in January 1998 also from BCCC.
Working with several EMS services in both a responder and training capacity. Cain has amassed over 13 years of experience. EMT for Stafford District Hospital 91'-94'. Part time coverage for Macksville EMS 92'-94. Great Bend Fire Dept. as a Firefighter EMT, EMT-D & EMT-I,D from 94'-98'. After moving to Salina in 1998 Cain began working with TAC EMS as a sub-contracted MICT and opened Paramedic Services for business in 1999.
In December of 2002 Cain started working with Hutchinson Community College's Emergency Services Academy as a lab assistant. He helps to provide hands on training in the lab setting with EMT, EMT-I and MICT programs. He works with EMS training at the pioneer facility near Yoder, Ks as well as outreach programs in Lindsborg, Burton, Hutchinson, McPherson and points in between.
Philosophy
With a strong emphasis on hands on training, Cain specializes in Moulage, the practice or art of injury simulation. Cain says "Some of the best training can be accomplished when the responder can react to a scene that looks real and injuries that can be observed as signs. With good 'victims' playing the rolls of the injured to provide the symptoms, this training is like no other. Mistakes that would be costly in the real world can easily be used as hands on experience."
Not just causing simulated injuries to "victims" Cain uses props and even odors to set the scene. Training and moulage can be done in several levels from mass causality incidents to single patient calls with simple medical emergencies. Moulage can be as simple as written injury listings attached to each patient or pre-manufactured stick on wounds. This is referred to as active moulage in that the "injuries" are tough and can be reused and the "patients" treated several times without any further moulage.
A more complicated "injury" such as full blown serious TRAUMA with open fractures, sucking chest wounds and impaled objects would be considered passive. This means that although the wounds look very real it would be difficult for the "patient" to do much movement without damaging the wound.. but they do look very convincing.
"I've even been known to set up crime scenes and scenes with responder safety issues from aggressive or dangerous patients to meth. labs and explosive environments." Cain says. He goes on to say "When responders walk in to a scene they have to be aware of their surroundings. They have to look for escape points, signs that the scene may be unsafe or even items that they could use to defend themselves if they had to."