Teen CERT Class Overview Community Emergency Response Team

Teen CERT Class Overview Community Emergency Response Team 4/18/19

Purpose • Disaster – when professional emergency response is delayed or unavailable • Empowers teens with lifelong emergency preparedness and response skills 4/18/19

Goals TEEN CERT GOAL • Help Yourself • Help Your Classmates • Help Your School CERT GOAL • Help Yourself • Help Your Family • Help Your Neighbor 4/18/19

Priorities • Safety • Buddy System – Work in pairs – Gear-check – Look out for each others’ safety – Accountability 4/18/19

Disaster Preparedness • Hazards & Threats to Our Area • Identify & Reduce Hazards at Home & School • Utility Shut-off Procedures • Home Disaster Kit & Plan 4/18/19

Fire Safety • Fire Chemistry • Extinguish Small Fires • Hazardous Materials 4/18/19

Disaster Medical Identify & Treat the “ 3 Killers” Airway Obstruction Bleeding Circulation (shock) 4/18/19

Disaster Medical Triage = Sort Immediate Delayed Minor Dead 4/18/19 Medical Treatment Area ASSESSMENT & DECISION-MAKING

Disaster Medical • Proper Hygiene • Treat Minor Injuries – – – Splinting Wound Care Fractures, Sprains Burns Hypothermia First-Aid Skills 4/18/19

Light Search & Rescue 1. Assess: Assess the Situation – – Gather Facts Assess Damage Consider Probabilities Assess Your Situation 2. Plan: Make a Plan – – – Establish Priorities Make Decisions Develop Plan of Action 3. Act: Take Action 4/18/19 Size-Up Process Assess Size-up is a continual process Act Plan

Light Search & Rescue • Damage assessment • Search methods • Remove survivors – Lifts, Drags, Carries 4/18/19

Light Search & Rescue • Rescue those who are trapped • Safely lift objects out of the way • Cribbing • Leverage 4/18/19

CERT Organization • Leadership & Management Structure • Incident Command System (ICS) • Documentation 4/18/19

Disaster Psychology • Reduce your stress & the survivors’ stress • Listening & empathizing • Psychological & physiological symptoms 4/18/19

Terrorism • Terrorist Weapons • Environmental & Physical Indicators • Home Preparedness 4/18/19

Skills Certification q q q q 4/18/19 Gear Check Gas Meter Fire Extinguisher Airway Bleeding Shock Glove Removal ASSESS ACT PLAN

Final Exercise/Drill • Realistic Scenario • Actors: Survivors & Victims • Practice new skills under simulated pressure 4/18/19 All-School Earthquake Drill

Final Exercise/Drill Incident Commander Logistics & Planning 4/18/19 Medical Treatment Area Search & Rescue Teams

Graduation • Dignitaries • Shake Hands • Photos • Certificates A Job Well Done! 4/18/19

Keys to Success • Team-Building – – Leader Follower Buddy Team Member • School Ownership – Consistency (teach year) – Positive Impression – Believes it adds Value 4/18/19

Relates to Other Classes • Earth Sciences (natural disasters) • Chemistry (fire & hazmat) • Health Sciences (medical) • Physics (cribbing, leveraging, building assessments) • Psychology 4/18/19 • Organizational Skills & Teamwork (search methods, documenting, ICS, triage, buddy system)

Benefits to Students • Safety • Personal Protection • Emergency Prep at Home • Life-Saving Skills • Citizenship • Responsibility, Accountability • Organizational Skills • Teamwork, Leadership, Followership • Personal Growth • Analytic & Evaluative Skills • Improved Self-Image • Greater Self-Awareness 4/18/19 Satisfaction from helping others “I can make a difference”

Benefits to Students Credibility & Recognition • • • Scholarship Applications College Applications Job Applications Career Options • • Emergency Management Medical Fire & Rescue Law Enforcement Public Works Disaster Management Health & Human Services 4/18/19

Benefits to Schools • Daily Benefits – Improved school safety and security – Reduction in school violence – Peer role models • Disaster Benefits – Additional resources in case of an emergency – Trained team of first responders for major disaster TEEN CERTS are NOT replacements for professional responders. 4/18/19

What is possible for your students? 4/18/19

LCSD Website Resources: https: //lincoln. k 12. or. us/resources/family/safety/ 4/18/19

SKILLS MINDSET RESOURCES Empowering School Staff & Students with the Mindset, Skills, & Resources to Respond to Disasters Susan Graves, M. A. Security Studies Lincoln County School District Comprehensive Safe Schools Coordinator Susan. graves@Lincoln. k 12. or. us 541 -265 -4442 https: //lincoln. k 12. or. us/resources/family/safety/ April 18, 2019