Last week we started in on the medical part of the training... both of us, Danni and I, managed to get mentioned in the paper. Of course our names are spelled incorrectly (well my last one is just WRONG)
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_7561625
It was strange to go through the whole tagging people. Capt had cards out with situations like: 30 year old women comes running to you with a baby in her arms she is screaming. Bleeding slightly from legs. At the bottom of the card has her vitals. From that information you are supposed to tag: green (walking wounded), Orange (wounded but not critical), Red (critical), Black (can't be saved). Well as a first responder you sometimes try to up grade people to a higher "tag". Because of age, mental, or physical state. If they were unable to walk before the accident and still can't walk it doesn't but them at higher 'risk'. One of the cards had a 12-year-old girl bleeding profusely, unresponsive and breathing at only 4 breaths per minute. We had to black tag her... not an easy thing to do. Luckily in the 20+ years that the Capt has been doing rescue she has never had to "black" tag anyone.
Danni is thinking, she is wondering if we have radios between Grandma's house and our house if that would work for communications, in the event. I told her we might have to look into CB radios just to be sure. We have list going know of things to do and things to get for "in the event" its not an earthquake box it will be an "event box"... 'cause you never know what is going to happen but you can be ready for anything. One of the main statements that Capt has said is no matter what is happening you deal with it mostly the same way. Earthquake: you have lost power, lost water, maybe lost place to live. Flood: you have lost power, water, place to live. Fire same thing, terroist attack, explosion all the same. You need a safe place to stay, food, water, clothing and medical care. Those are the things that we are being trained to help with and my friends you too will be bugged about putting together an "event box" and a plan.... Everyone must have a plan.
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_7561625
It was strange to go through the whole tagging people. Capt had cards out with situations like: 30 year old women comes running to you with a baby in her arms she is screaming. Bleeding slightly from legs. At the bottom of the card has her vitals. From that information you are supposed to tag: green (walking wounded), Orange (wounded but not critical), Red (critical), Black (can't be saved). Well as a first responder you sometimes try to up grade people to a higher "tag". Because of age, mental, or physical state. If they were unable to walk before the accident and still can't walk it doesn't but them at higher 'risk'. One of the cards had a 12-year-old girl bleeding profusely, unresponsive and breathing at only 4 breaths per minute. We had to black tag her... not an easy thing to do. Luckily in the 20+ years that the Capt has been doing rescue she has never had to "black" tag anyone.
Danni is thinking, she is wondering if we have radios between Grandma's house and our house if that would work for communications, in the event. I told her we might have to look into CB radios just to be sure. We have list going know of things to do and things to get for "in the event" its not an earthquake box it will be an "event box"... 'cause you never know what is going to happen but you can be ready for anything. One of the main statements that Capt has said is no matter what is happening you deal with it mostly the same way. Earthquake: you have lost power, lost water, maybe lost place to live. Flood: you have lost power, water, place to live. Fire same thing, terroist attack, explosion all the same. You need a safe place to stay, food, water, clothing and medical care. Those are the things that we are being trained to help with and my friends you too will be bugged about putting together an "event box" and a plan.... Everyone must have a plan.
