The Great California Shakeout in Burbank at Providence High School and Providence St. Joseph Medical Center
One of the 40 students who acted as earthquake victims lies amid tipped desks with severe, life threatening injuries, to simulate a catestrophic earthquake at Providence High School in Burbank on Thursday, October 21, 2010. The Great California Shakeout featured a myriad of people with injuries ranging from minor to life-threatening, giving rescue services a chance to practice in the event of a real emergency. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
An emergency responder wraps gauze around the head of a Providence High School student who was pretending to have severe injuries sustained in a catestrophic earthquake at Providence High School in Burbank on Thursday, October 21, 2010. The Great California Shakeout allowed emergency personnel to practice emergency response skills in the event of a real emergency. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
At 10:21, a simulated catestrophic earthquake occured and Providence High School students JC Castro, 14, and Juan Ramos, 14 neatly fit under their desks in their classroom as part of the Great California Shakeout in Burbank on Thursday, October 21, 2010. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Several minutes before the simulation took place, Sara Granados, 15, a Providence High School sophomore popped up to ask questions about what her role was in the Great Califorina Shakeout drill that took place in her Burbank school on Thursday, October 21, 2010. Her injuries were considered severe, but not life threatening. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
One of 40 Providence High School students who participated as victims being transported, by emergency responders from multiple agencies, on a stretcher to the back of an ambulance with severe, life-threatening injuries on Thursday, October 21, 2010 in Burbank. The Great California Shakeout, a statewide event, to teach people and emergency responders how to react to a catestrophic earthquake, took place throughout California. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Steve Fink, a physicians assistant at Providence St. Joseph Medical center, takes injury information from a Providence High School student in a triaje unit set up behind the hospital as part of the Great California Shakeout in Burbank on Thursday, October 21, 2010. Several Providence students, and a lot of other people, came to the hospital with different kinds of injuries which allowed medical staff to practice how they would respond to an emergency, such as an earthquake. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Vicente Nunez, of Chili, the head of the national emergency office in Chili, being interviewed by Spanish language media at a triaje area behind Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank on Thursday, October 21, 2010. He was observing the emergency response to The Great California Shakeout which took place throughout California to give emergency responders a chance to practice with people how they would respond to an emergency such as a catestrophic earthquake. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Matthew Bettenhausen Secretary of the California Emergency Management Agency, being interviewed behind Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank during The Great California Shakeout on Thursday, October 21, 2010. A triaje area was set up behind the hospital giving medical staff the opportunity to respond to dozens of people with several different injuries. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Geologist Lucy Jones, head of the U.S. Geological Survey office in Pasadena, speaks to reporters at The Great California Shakeout behind Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank on Thursday, October 21, 2010. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Marie Gutierrez, of Pacoima, is one of several people who pretended to have a severe injury as part of the Great California Shakeout in Burbank behind Providence St. Joseph Medical Center on Thursday, October 21, 2010. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Greg Galati, volunteer EMT student, with a bleeding head wound, waits for treatment from Providence St. Joseph Medical Center medical responders as part of The Great California Shakeout in Burbank on Thursday, October 21, 2010. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
A victim who was killed by a simulated earthquake rests comfortably on a Resuscitation Annie in a makeshift morgue behind Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank on Thursday, October 21, 2010. This was part of The Great California Shakeout. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)