Moulage is the art of applying mock injuries using materials like latex or gel to simulate wounds for training emergency responders, medical personnel, and military in dealing with realistic injury scenarios; it is used to create realism for disaster exercises, movies, and television by mimicking injuries like cuts, burns, amputations; moulage injuries are applied by artists and used to train first responders, doctors, nurses, and productions.

1. Moulage
Injury Simulation

2. Google Definition of Moulage
Moulage (French: casting/moulding) is the art of
applying mock injuries for the purpose of
training Emergency Response Teams and
other medical and military personnel.
Moulage may be as simple as applying pre-
made rubber or latex "wounds" to a healthy
"patient's" limbs, chest, head, etc. ...

3. Why Use Moulage
Moulage creates a sense of
realism to a simulated situation.
The situation could be for
disaster exercises or for
Hollywood movies.

4. Who Uses Moulage
Military, first responders,
doctors, nursing students,
and movie/television
productions.

5. Moulage
The following Moulage injuries
where made by our artists
using effects gel. These
injuries are NOT real.

6. Small Cuts

7. Abrasions

8. Abrasions

9. Large Cuts / Lacerations

10. Bruises

11. Amputations

12. Avulsions

13. Burns

14. Evisceration / Intestine

15. Impalement
Pipe nail

16. Various Disaster Photos

17. Various Disaster Photos

18. Various Disaster Photos

19. Moulage
These images should have given you
a better understanding of the
realism that Moulage can create
and the importance of using injury
simulation in disaster
drills/exercises.

20. Information
For more information on Moulage,
you are welcome to email me at
penny.rodriguez@cema.biz or
contact me at 517.281.7570.