Now I am certified as a responder in a disaster situation. We had a real-like situation with volunteers made up as victime and we need to split up and do a seach-and-rescue and triage.
Then we were outside in a firehose drill. The third componed was lifting-and-cribbing.
We have a Safety and Preparedness Fair that the Staff Assembly is organizing in September and prepping for the Southern California Big Shake Up drill in November.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Thursday, August 7, 2008
CERT Final
The final for my Campus Emergency Response Team is next Tuesday. We will practice extricating victims and triage, like we've been training for the last 6 weeks.
I could be more nervous about it, but I was the class demonstrator for triage, and I was sweating bullets then...this time it should be a piece of cake.
July 29, 2008 our training ended with an earthquake. A moderate-size one and a real one. About 15 minutes before our class was to end. Our final is also an earthquake, but a fake one.
We learned out to use crow bars and wedges to untrap people. We at least learned how to walk with our goggles, green vests and helmets on.
I do hope my leg gets better by then...
I could be more nervous about it, but I was the class demonstrator for triage, and I was sweating bullets then...this time it should be a piece of cake.
July 29, 2008 our training ended with an earthquake. A moderate-size one and a real one. About 15 minutes before our class was to end. Our final is also an earthquake, but a fake one.
We learned out to use crow bars and wedges to untrap people. We at least learned how to walk with our goggles, green vests and helmets on.
I do hope my leg gets better by then...
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
ouch...
oops....I slipped on a palette while in the process of pushing off another palette into the refrigerated trailer we were using for the Obon Carnival. My left leg found the opening and slid through.
Slid all the way through since that palette was on a forklift and off the ground. What stopped me was my thigh...we'll it was only one leg, I wasn't about to go all the way through.
All I could remember afterward was that I was still holding on to the palette that I was trying to push on, so I finally let that go. Then I fell on my butt. It was keeping me balance for whatever reason.
Wood palettes are heavy, so I'm not sure how I managed to hold on to that palette and suspend it in midair.
Kyle helped me off...it took awhile to unwedge myself. I was scraped up but not badly (I thought). Everyone else said it looked bad, its looks red (part of that was sunburn), I could get an infection...did I break anything.
I was more embarrassed than anything...so I walked it off.
Later, I dance Obon dancing but before the half was over, I quit since my leg was hurting...this time it really swelled up. So I thought I better go home, the first time in 12 years that I've left the Obon carnival early.
I rested and iced most of the night...only to wake up at 2am to unlock the temple and social hall for sushi making. But I stayed out the activities, icing my leg, staying off of it most of the rest of day. I snuck in a little nap during Obon Dancing after my little welcome speech by hiding out in the Hondo.
At what was the end of the dance, I could hear Johnny N. let somebody in and saying that there is no one in here...I guess in the darkness I couldn't be seen. So I woke up to be around cleanup and then went home to sleep somemore.
I did go see my doctor on Tuesday. He didn't think anything was broken or fractured, nor signs of infection...but he brought up even more frightening possibilities, like, the artery could be compromised by the swelling of the muscle and cut off circulation, or that a blood clot could be formed and then that is not good.
Ok we ruled out the arterial stuff since the swelling has gone done since Saturday. We did an ultrasound to make sure the veins were flowing as usually and they were. So the result is just one big bruise and a little gimpy.
Just keep it elevated and iced.
Slid all the way through since that palette was on a forklift and off the ground. What stopped me was my thigh...we'll it was only one leg, I wasn't about to go all the way through.
All I could remember afterward was that I was still holding on to the palette that I was trying to push on, so I finally let that go. Then I fell on my butt. It was keeping me balance for whatever reason.
Wood palettes are heavy, so I'm not sure how I managed to hold on to that palette and suspend it in midair.
Kyle helped me off...it took awhile to unwedge myself. I was scraped up but not badly (I thought). Everyone else said it looked bad, its looks red (part of that was sunburn), I could get an infection...did I break anything.
I was more embarrassed than anything...so I walked it off.
Later, I dance Obon dancing but before the half was over, I quit since my leg was hurting...this time it really swelled up. So I thought I better go home, the first time in 12 years that I've left the Obon carnival early.
I rested and iced most of the night...only to wake up at 2am to unlock the temple and social hall for sushi making. But I stayed out the activities, icing my leg, staying off of it most of the rest of day. I snuck in a little nap during Obon Dancing after my little welcome speech by hiding out in the Hondo.
At what was the end of the dance, I could hear Johnny N. let somebody in and saying that there is no one in here...I guess in the darkness I couldn't be seen. So I woke up to be around cleanup and then went home to sleep somemore.
I did go see my doctor on Tuesday. He didn't think anything was broken or fractured, nor signs of infection...but he brought up even more frightening possibilities, like, the artery could be compromised by the swelling of the muscle and cut off circulation, or that a blood clot could be formed and then that is not good.
Ok we ruled out the arterial stuff since the swelling has gone done since Saturday. We did an ultrasound to make sure the veins were flowing as usually and they were. So the result is just one big bruise and a little gimpy.
Just keep it elevated and iced.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
CERT
After learning about Triage last week, this week's training was on fighting fires. Well in the disaster situation CERT members will not take out a fire, but prevent the fire from spreading by making sure the neighboring buildings are wetted down.
We actually connected hoses and turned on the fire hydrant.
We actually connected hoses and turned on the fire hydrant.
Goodbye Olympic Grand Auditorium
What I remember the most about the Olympic Grand Auditorium in Los Angeles that it was the home of the Thunderbirds Professional Roller Skating Team, and countless of wrestling matches from the TV in the 1960s.
The Auditorium still exists however it is reincarnated as the Glory Days of Jesus Christ Church, a Korean Christian Church.
The Auditorium still exists however it is reincarnated as the Glory Days of Jesus Christ Church, a Korean Christian Church.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
2nd Session of CERT
The second session was the first of two parts in saving lives techniques. We are being trained to respond in a disaster situation or a mass capacity. CPR training is not part of the curriculum, because the rule in CPR is to continue with it when you start it. This will not allow you to spend any time with any other victims. Triage is next week, but we learned about splinting and stopping bleeding.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Campus Emergency Response Team - First Day
Today was the first session of the training campus emergency response team at USC. This year its at the Health Center Campus. There are about 13 of us from the University Park Campus and two from Marina del Rey.
We covered earthquakes today.
The CERT program was developed in Los Angeles by the LAFD and is sanctioned by FEMA and Homeland Security. When we finished we would be able to join last year's group and assist the emergency team at USC in a crisis.
We covered earthquakes today.
The CERT program was developed in Los Angeles by the LAFD and is sanctioned by FEMA and Homeland Security. When we finished we would be able to join last year's group and assist the emergency team at USC in a crisis.
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