LBCC CERT Students Practice Life-Saving Skills During Disaster Program Trainings
"That guy is missing a leg."
"They’re bringing him in right behind me… This one may have an injured right arm..."
"... On his right arm… Let’s put some pressure…"
LBCC holds CERT Disaster Program trainings on a regular basis and is open to the community for free. The program prepares individuals for any disaster through class time and simulation that covers the span of 24 hours, which is split up fairly over three weeks in four-hour increments.
The training is designed to focus on response skills, aiding disaster victims and how to treat open airways, shock, or basic medical needs.
During this winter term’s training, a team of four, a number a third of the size of usual training, rose above their circumstances and successfully recovered every volunteer who played the role of being disaster victims.
CERT student, Susan Morre, a biology professor from LB, carefully mapped out where every victim lay in the storage building next to the greenhouse. They found it difficult to get the victims out in a timely manner and "it was challenging only having four people on our team when we’re trying to do a blanket carry with someone." Switching to a backboard, they were able to use more people elsewhere while only two people transported individuals on the board.
"Okay, so we have a couple of immediates here, we’re gonna move this guy closer to the door so when EMS arrives…"
"Can you walk sir?"
"That guy is missing a leg."
For their first time partaking in the simulation, volunteer Logan Helmwilliams felt they performed well and enjoyed the experience from getting makeup done to hearing volunteers yell, get their attention, and panic. While removing victims from the disaster area, the team’s concerns were about getting individuals out of the danger zone- not so much about wardrobe malfunctions, like Helm-Williams’ shirt. "[It was] coming up and everything, and I tried to make sure I was still covered," but he had a difficult time doing so while still playing unconscious.
LBCC Public Safety employee, Bernita Rose could be heard yelling and fused about pain while in the storage building and the triage area, then laughed after the team left the scene. Rose has worked for LB’s public safety for seven years and has been a diabetic victim in CERT Training simulations many times in the past. In previous training, she had a real diabetic episode but was taken care of by the CERT team.
"…Neck pain, rapid breathing, head injury. Just beyond that another immediate maybe going into diabetic shock…"
Playing the role of the incident commander, Ben Lake, who works in LB’s Information Services Department, kept in contact with the team from the triage area and made informed decisions about which victims to retrieve next.
Lake joined the team because he "thought it would be interesting to know more about what it takes to be prepared for disasters like this," adding the fact that the Northwest has been expecting a big Pacific-Rim earthquake that is estimated will cause a mass amount of damage. He hopes this training will prepare him enough to aid in any disaster at the hands of nature or man. "Nowhere, including here, is immune to natural disasters."
At a Glance:
CERT Disaster Training
Location: 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW Albany, Oregon 97321
Contact: Marcene Olson, LBCC Safety & Loss Prevention Director
- olsonm@linnbenton.edu
- (541) 917-4940
CERT Training: https://www.linnbenton.edu/faculty-and-staff/college-services/public-safety-emergency-planning-ehs/lbcc-community-emergency-response-team-cert.php
Public Safety: https://www.linnbenton.edu/faculty-and-staff/college-services/public-safety-emergency-planning-ehs/index.php
"They’re bringing him in right behind me… This one may have an injured right arm..."
LBCC holds CERT Disaster Program trainings on a regular basis and is open to the community for free. The program prepares individuals for any disaster through class time and simulation that covers the span of 24 hours, which is split up fairly over three weeks in four-hour increments.
The training is designed to focus on response skills, aiding disaster victims and how to treat open airways, shock, or basic medical needs.
During this winter term’s training, a team of four, a number a third of the size of usual training, rose above their circumstances and successfully recovered every volunteer who played the role of being disaster victims.
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| Jose Castro and Mindy Bean bring out a dummy that was missing a leg. While in the triage area, they attempted to place the dummy in a recovery position. |
CERT student, Susan Morre, a biology professor from LB, carefully mapped out where every victim lay in the storage building next to the greenhouse. They found it difficult to get the victims out in a timely manner and "it was challenging only having four people on our team when we’re trying to do a blanket carry with someone." Switching to a backboard, they were able to use more people elsewhere while only two people transported individuals on the board.
"Okay, so we have a couple of immediates here, we’re gonna move this guy closer to the door so when EMS arrives…"
"Can you walk sir?"
"That guy is missing a leg."
For their first time partaking in the simulation, volunteer Logan Helmwilliams felt they performed well and enjoyed the experience from getting makeup done to hearing volunteers yell, get their attention, and panic. While removing victims from the disaster area, the team’s concerns were about getting individuals out of the danger zone- not so much about wardrobe malfunctions, like Helm-Williams’ shirt. "[It was] coming up and everything, and I tried to make sure I was still covered," but he had a difficult time doing so while still playing unconscious.
LBCC Public Safety employee, Bernita Rose could be heard yelling and fused about pain while in the storage building and the triage area, then laughed after the team left the scene. Rose has worked for LB’s public safety for seven years and has been a diabetic victim in CERT Training simulations many times in the past. In previous training, she had a real diabetic episode but was taken care of by the CERT team.
"…Neck pain, rapid breathing, head injury. Just beyond that another immediate maybe going into diabetic shock…"
Playing the role of the incident commander, Ben Lake, who works in LB’s Information Services Department, kept in contact with the team from the triage area and made informed decisions about which victims to retrieve next.
Lake joined the team because he "thought it would be interesting to know more about what it takes to be prepared for disasters like this," adding the fact that the Northwest has been expecting a big Pacific-Rim earthquake that is estimated will cause a mass amount of damage. He hopes this training will prepare him enough to aid in any disaster at the hands of nature or man. "Nowhere, including here, is immune to natural disasters."
At a Glance:
CERT Disaster Training
Location: 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW Albany, Oregon 97321
Contact: Marcene Olson, LBCC Safety & Loss Prevention Director
- olsonm@linnbenton.edu
- (541) 917-4940
CERT Training: https://www.linnbenton.edu/faculty-and-staff/college-services/public-safety-emergency-planning-ehs/lbcc-community-emergency-response-team-cert.php
Public Safety: https://www.linnbenton.edu/faculty-and-staff/college-services/public-safety-emergency-planning-ehs/index.php
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