>>So applying first aid is only one of multiple options.<<
My main goal with the "how to call 911" talks is to hopefully have at least one person per household who can call for help. Fancier stuff comes later.
Maybe we should do that as a drill, though, once we are back in-person.
"Okay everyone! Fake me is unconscious on the floor! What do you do now?"
Would be useful, especially as there are often enough people to have / require different jobs - the person(s) flagging down the paramedics and holding doors will need different skills than the people watching the kids or calling it in.
>>First aid would be an excellent addition to your skillset -- especially as people may ask you about health issues.<<
Main problem with my group is language barriers. If I were trained as an instructor, I could train people who otherwise can't take classes.
>>There are scripts for practicing how to report different types of emergency.<<
The most basic: "[address], [emergency]."
I've also had people listen to 911 calls / watch video reenactments - to familiarize them with how the dispatcher will talk and how the process works.
>>The basic outline is direct pressure, pressure points, and tourniquet; but they often don't go into a lot of detail about which and how.<<
Direct pressure is about what I'd expect. (If there are thorax injuries affecting the lungs or guts, there are other things to do, but always, always ALWAYS stop the bleeding first, otherwise you'll be doctoring a corpse.) That's what I know with my basic training...
But yeah, I'd start freaking out a bit if organs were clearly visible. (Even more so if injuries rendered someone Ambiguously Humanoid...)
>>Cas has an everyday carry kit. He uses it several times a day. <<
I have a little one, mostly for small things, but it's also got an EpiPen, cpr mask and gloves. And I'm female, so I usually keep at least one menstrual pad on hand (Though I've never had to improvise a bandage.)
>>True, but see above re: different tasks. So far, people have been ambushing groups, not individuals. <<
Hmmm...cross train enough that everyone knows what jobs need to be done, so they know when to move out of the way or facilitate as needed? (Could be as basic as 'If not busy, be sure Cas has enough supplies' or 'if the person on the phone says to shudup so they can hear better /do it/.)
>>Truer there than here. However, they're in a shitty neighborhood, so response time is slower than downtown.<<
I'm looking more at the difference between "professional ambulance will show up when called in [even if not instantly]" and "so, we have to keep some dude alive for three days with scrounged equipment, no formal training, and little/no hope of professionals actually showing up."
As opposed to the difference between rapid response and more sluggish response by neighborhod, but an ambulance /will/ get there...
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Date: 2021-06-20 02:53 pm (UTC)My main goal with the "how to call 911" talks is to hopefully have at least one person per household who can call for help. Fancier stuff comes later.
Maybe we should do that as a drill, though, once we are back in-person.
"Okay everyone! Fake me is unconscious on the floor! What do you do now?"
Would be useful, especially as there are often enough people to have / require different jobs - the person(s) flagging down the paramedics and holding doors will need different skills than the people watching the kids or calling it in.
>>First aid would be an excellent addition to your skillset -- especially as people may ask you about health issues.<<
Main problem with my group is language barriers. If I were trained as an instructor, I could train people who otherwise can't take classes.
>>There are scripts for practicing how to report different types of emergency.<<
The most basic: "[address], [emergency]."
I've also had people listen to 911 calls / watch video reenactments - to familiarize them with how the dispatcher will talk and how the process works.
>>The basic outline is direct pressure, pressure points, and tourniquet; but they often don't go into a lot of detail about which and how.<<
Direct pressure is about what I'd expect. (If there are thorax injuries affecting the lungs or guts, there are other things to do, but always, always ALWAYS stop the bleeding first, otherwise you'll be doctoring a corpse.) That's what I know with my basic training...
But yeah, I'd start freaking out a bit if organs were clearly visible. (Even more so if injuries rendered someone Ambiguously Humanoid...)
>>Cas has an everyday carry kit. He uses it several times a day. <<
I have a little one, mostly for small things, but it's also got an EpiPen, cpr mask and gloves. And I'm female, so I usually keep at least one menstrual pad on hand (Though I've never had to improvise a bandage.)
>>True, but see above re: different tasks. So far, people have been ambushing groups, not individuals. <<
Hmmm...cross train enough that everyone knows what jobs need to be done, so they know when to move out of the way or facilitate as needed? (Could be as basic as 'If not busy, be sure Cas has enough supplies' or 'if the person on the phone says to shudup so they can hear better /do it/.)
>>Truer there than here. However, they're in a shitty neighborhood, so response time is slower than downtown.<<
I'm looking more at the difference between "professional ambulance will show up when called in [even if not instantly]" and "so, we have to keep some dude alive for three days with scrounged equipment, no formal training, and little/no hope of professionals actually showing up."
As opposed to the difference between rapid response and more sluggish response by neighborhod, but an ambulance /will/ get there...