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Disaster First Aid Course
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In the table below, compare what the U.S. government lists for
disaster first aid, with this class's topics.
In the wake of 9/11, the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security developed
the following list* of topics it recommends folks learn to prepare for
giving individual first aid care during disasters:
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Compare with what you hands-on learn in the 18-hour MEDIC SOLO
wilderness first aid certification course below:
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| Public Health Considerations |
• Body Substance Isolation
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| Treating Life-Threatening Conditions |
• Circulatory System Form and Function: Heart, Blood, Blood
Vessels, Lungs, and Brain
• Medical Emergencies and Critical Care: Shock, Allergies,
Shortness of Breath, Brain and Heart Problems
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| Conducting Head-to-Toe Assessments |
• Patient Assessment System: thorough patient exam, treatment,
monitoring, safety, & documentation
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| Wound Care, Nasal Injuries, Treating Burns,
Bites and Stings |
• Soft Tissue Injuries and Wound Treatment: Contusions,
Abrasions, Lacerations, Flap Avulsions, Amputation, Punctures, Impalements,
Bites, Stings, Blisters, Burns, and Infections
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| Treating Fractures, Dislocations, Sprains, and
Strains |
• Orthopedic Injuries and Treatment: Sprains, Strains, Fractures,
and Spinal Cord Management
• Patient movement: clearing a spine for movement; pre- and
post-evacuation treatment
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| Treating Cold- and Heat-Related Injuries |
• Environmental Injuries and Treatment: Cold, Heat, Dehydration
and Wilderness Survival
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9/11 was a "wilderness" setting even in New York City, because:
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people were trapped,
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helpers were not able to get to trapped injured people,
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not enough rescuers were immediately available to serve thousands of people
in need, and
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cellphone towers were jammed.
Compare the disaster first aid topics in the left column of the table above,
with wilderness first aid topics in the right column. In this course
you will come away with hands-on know-how to render disaster and wilderness
first aid.
* Source: Community Emergency Response Team. CERT gives an
introduction to the topics in the table left column, in roughly 3 hours.
MEDIC SOLO delves into the topics over ~18 hours, including ~9-hours of hands-on
practice time -- critical for creating muscle memory beyond knowledge, to
actually be able to help out in times of need.
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Jan. 16-17, 2021:
Norfolk
area, VA
Jan. 23-24:
Farmville, VA
Jan. 30-31:
Harrisonburg / Staunton
area, VA
Feb. 20-21:
Richmond, VA
Wilmington
area,
NC
Feb. 27-28:
Norfolk
area, VA
Mar. 6 - 7:
Chattanooga
area, TN
Spring weekends t.b.d., tentative:
CO Springs,
CO
Denver, CO
Grand Junction,
CO
Greeley,
CO
Indianapolis, IN
Mar. 20-21:
Charlottesville,
VA
Mar. 27-28:
Norfolk
area, VA
Washington
DC area
Apr. 10-11:
Lexington, VA
PhiladelphiaPA area
Apr. 24-25:
Richmond,
VA
Triangle area
west, NC
May 8 - 9 or 15-16:
Charlottesville,
VA
May 15-16:
Norfolk
area, VA
May 22-23:
Triangle area,
NC
May 29-31 (3 days):
Mountains retreat above Blacksburg,
VA
June 5 - 6:
Washington
DC area
June 19-20:
Charlottesville,
VA
June 26-27:
Advanced WFA Pt II, Old Fields, WV
Sep. 4 - 6 (3 days):
Mountains retreat above Blacksburg,
VA
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