By Nancy McLaughlin

News & Record

GREENSBORO, N.C. — This mock mass casualty catastrophe started with a hurricane, wreaking havoc like in western North Carolina last year.

“Ughhhhhhhhh,” comes the piercing scream from Becky Mattocks, who was one of the “injured” alongside her son and now being treated in triage tents and a field hospital scattered around the grounds and inside UNCG’s School of Nursing.

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Mattocks is confused one moment, having a seizure a few minutes later and tries to pull the shrapnel sticking out of her son’s side when she realizes it’s there during the training exercise, which is a no-no in real life. The retired physical therapist who is one of the hundreds of vo

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