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USC students on Trauma Island (née Fraser Island). Photo: USC

On Trauma Island, USC paramedic students experience the reality of the job

Being run over by an automobile, falling into a fire pit and misadventure while scuba diving on the high seas. These three terrifying scenarios aren't stolen from the pages of iconic Aussie outback horror genre flicks – or even from the celebrated second season of Survivor (US) set in rural Queensland – they are from the University of the Sunshine Coast's emergency simulation used to train its healthcare professional students.

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