L.o.t.u.s.

L.O.T.U.S. is a Dutch acronym for Landelijke Opleiding Tot Uitbeelden (van) Slachtoffers. Translated into English it basically means the Dutch national organisation for people who portray casualties.

History

The organisation was created in 1963 by Eric Claxton of the [http://www.caualtiesunion.org.uk UK Casualties Union] .

The course to become a certified casualty simulator, or LOTUS-casualty, lasts approximately 2 years (an evening a week almost all year) and is given by an instructor or study leader. Before you can enter the course, you need to have completed a first-aid course.

Once someone becomes a casualty simulator, he or she is obligated to become a member of one of the approximately 100 lotuscircles (associations), and has to participate in at least 12 circle meetings every year to maintain his or her certificate as casualty simulator. In those circle meetings, lessons are given to expand and broaden the knowledge and abilities of the casualty simulators.

External links

* [http://www.organisatielotus.nl The Dutch L.O.T.U.S. organisation]