| Sandra's guide pages |
| Simulating casualties - fake blood etc. |
| Equipment Plastic sheeting, newspapers, a saucepan, a tablespoon, a wooden spoon, a plastic bottle, a wet J cloth, a gas burner or a fire, a teaspoon, matches, kitchen roll, a small mug, an apron and a jug, a cup of water, chicken bones, broken up Tic Tac boxes. Ingredients for the false tissue 1/2 mug of plain flour 1/2 mug of cold water 1 tbsp of salt 1 heaped tsp of cream of tartar 1/2 tbsp of cooking oil drops of cochineal drops of gravy browning Method 1 Put all dry ingredients into the saucepan. Add the water and oil a little bit at a time, stirring in well. 2 Light the gas burner or ensure that the fire is lit but low. Warm the saucepan gently over a low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture becomes a dough. 3 Turn out the contents of the saucepan on to the chopping board and allow it to cool for five minutes. Knead the mixture, taking care as it will probably still be very hot, until it becomes smooth and elastic. 4. Add a drop of cochineal to the dough and knead it in well. Add gravy browning to the dough a drop at a time, kneading in every drop before adding another. 5. Compare the colour of the dough to the skin colour of the casualty after kneading in each drop. Continue adding one drop of gravy browning at a time until the correct skin colour is obtained. The dough is now ready to apply to the skin of the casualty. 6. Take a small piece of dough and work it on to the arm, leg, body or head of the casualty. Smooth off the edges using the back of a knife. 7. Put a cut in the dough very carefully using the knife. You may have to use a drop of water to keep the dough moist and prevent it cracking as it dries out quickly. 8. Insert bones of bits of box in the 'wound', and apply clots and blood as required. If some dough is left over, it can be wrapped in cling film and successfully kept in the fridge for up to two weeks. Ingredients for the Blood mug of golden syrup 1/2 mug of cold water blackcurrant jam 2 tbsp of cochineal 1/2 tbsp of yellow food colouring 1 tbsp of custard powder a few drops of gravy browning Method 1. Put the custard powder into the saucepan. Add a little water and mix to make a smooth, runny paste. Add the rest of the water, syrup andcolourings. 2. Light the gas burner or ensure that the fire is lit but low. Warm the saucepan gently over a low heat, stirring constantly. 3. Leave the mixture to cool in the saucepan for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Then pour it into the jug and using the jug pour it into the plastic bottle. 4. Seedless Blackcurrant jam can be used in small blobs around the wound, to simulate clots. Blue eyeshadow mixed with black eye pencil can be used to show bruising. 5. Use the mixture liberally to give that realistic touch to the casualty's injuries! Fake wounds 2 cups plain flour 2 cups water 1 cup salt 1 table spoon cream of tartar 2 table spoons oil Put the whole lot in a sauce pan and heat gently stiring all the time. When it is stuck together (and coming away from the edge of the pan) remove from the heat, tip onto a work surface and knead (warning it is hot). When cool, store in an airtight container until you want to use it. You can add a little food colouring if you have girls with different skin colours (you need to experiment). If you put in loads of food colouring then it makes brilliant playdough that lasts for about 1-2 months when stored in an airtight container. My brownies used it for fake wounds one week, and had even more fun making models and doing play dough modelling with it the following week. Casualty simulation links: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/whitelaw/resource/cassim/cas_sim.htm |