I attended a mock Cert disaster two weeks ago at the Provo city building yesterday.
In one short sentence: It was stressful.
We had two scenarios yesterday. Cert personnel had to rescue and triose people. There was screaming, people running around, alarms blaring. A mother wanted someone to bring restore her dead baby back to life. There were also confused people, blood, gore, injury. (All pretend thank goodness)
Mocks like this are useful because we can test our knowledge see how we handle ourselves under a stressful situation for practice. Even though I took the class six months ago I have already forgotten a lot.
How would you respond to the following?
- – A front window in block 500 E. explodes and glass shrapnel impels into a mother’s arm. Should that shard be removed or if not? How is the arm bandaged before being taken to the hospital?
- – After an earthquake, volunteers are searching the Cosco building. Part of the building has crumbled but part of it is still intact. Would volunteers still search the building? If so, what safety procedures and precautions should be followed by those searching the building?
- – At 1010 S. a bad event has happened and two children are experiencing severe shock. What can be done to care for them and how could someone die from shock?
- – At 400 e. Melva is trapped under a freezer and I can’t move. Searchers find me and they can’t lift the freezer. (All my fudge sickles are inside). How does one do cribbing to remove the weight from my lower body and thus rescue me?
- – At 1070 S Someone had their leg amputated because of an explosion. Roads are clogged with debris so professional help will take some time to arrive. How do we tend to the leg?
- – In the apartments of building B, there is a fire….
- – Wait! That really happened.
- – What would we do, if rescue was not quick in coming? The fire was put out. Do you know who needs to be rescued from what apartments? How would you get them down the stairs?
- – How about this, during a bad storm multiple homes are flooded.
- – Wait! That really happened too.
- – These are just a few things to think about.
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Now we can see the value of block captains to each of your neighborhoods
