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Mining Feature: Special Medical Response Team Visits Pittsburgh
Keywords: Emergency response
Monday, May 22, 2023
Members of the SMRT practice an emergency scenario in the Safety Research Coal MineMembers of the SMRT practice an emergency scenario in the Safety Research Coal Mine.
Members of the Special Medical Response Team (SMRT) recently visited NIOSH's Pittsburgh campus to train, learn, and collaborate.
The SMRT is a volunteer team of medical professionals committed to providing the highest level of advanced medical care to victims in high risk or extreme environments. The team is the only one of its kind in the nation.
SMRT members came to Pittsburgh to train in the Safety Research Coal Mine, a formerly active mine in the Pittsburgh coal seam, and to experience the Virtual Reality Mine Rescue Training Platform.
Members of the SMRT used rescue apparatus in the mine and experienced a team emergency in virtual reality.
SMRT found the experience incredibly valuable and was very appreciative of our support and collaboration in their mission. Below are pictures from the training.
See Also
Emergency Response Planning for Small Mines: Who Needs It?
Emerging Technologies: Aiding Responders in Mine Emergencies and During the Escape From Smoke-Filled Passageways
A Global Inventory of Mine Rescue Training Facilities: Compendium of Ideas to Improve U.S. Coal Mine Rescue Training
Knowledge Management and Transfer for Mine Emergency Response
Mine Emergency Response Command Center Training Using Computer Simulation
Mine Rescue and Response
Mine Rescue Training Facility Inventory - Compendium of Ideas to Improve US Coal Mine Rescue Training
Modernization and Further Development of the NIOSH Mine Emergency Response Training System (MERITS), Phase 1
An Oral History Analysis of Mine Emergency Response
Refuge Alternatives in Underground Coal Mines
Page last reviewed: May 22, 2023
Page last updated: May 22, 2023
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program
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