Crew-911 Presents... Emergency Response Team Sceneario

[xJarlanx]

Can you just kill her and make it stop?

[shyrogelio1]

is this real

[scoutcpr]

It was intended to be as real as possible... but the scene is staged. A well intended bystander did call "911". They were aware that a scenario was in progress at The American Red Cross office.

[Hickeydog2365]

Well... I guess the "victims" would have lived until EMS arrived....

My scout troop does something similar each year, except we play the role of victims. We help with the Ski Patrol's final test for the newbies.

[scoutcpr]

BSA Crew-911 gets many opportunities to play victim too. Our guys are the victims for the annual American Red Cross GHAC regional Lifeguard Competition. Probably the most fun for us though is to stage the outdoor multi-casualty scenarios for our Wilderness First Aid Basics classes.

[scoutcpr]

Screaming most assuredly adds an element of realism. You have the option to turn down the volume. The first responders didn't have that option. There were techniques that should have been used to calm the victims down. Note that the victim that was screaming was, for sure, conscious, breathing and had circulation.... on the other hand, the one that was not vocal was more seriously injured. It is human nature to help the one that is making the most noise but that is not the best response!

[kurtsnyder]

That screaming is SO freakin' irritating!

[flamekilla88]

In real life Firefighters, police officers, and EMTs would be the first ones on the scene, not the BSA Venture crew

[scoutcpr]

In real life, the first professionals on the scene are often firefighters and police officers with First Responder training. First Responders are the first level of EMS response and may be the only resource when the EMS system is overwhelmed as may occur when a natural disaster strikes. These teenagers are training to that level and are quite capable of professionally providing care until more advanced personal arrive. They are well qualified to assist after advanced care is on the scene.

[grandblan]

When during a crisis the BSA shows up. Get

a life!

[scoutcpr]

On average, each year, one teenager from this "First Responder" program confidently uses skills learned in the class to assist a seriously injured person until professionals arrive. Look at the video again and see if you can pick out which Scouts are now EMS professionals... SAVE a life.

[imar0ckstar]

Well for a first responder i guess this was all ok. But from a medic stand point, so much stuff was missed and went wrong. No C-spine was grabed. Person on the ground as bleeding and i never seen anyone aply pressure to stop bleeding. Didnt look like anyone had order of the scene. Traction splint needs to be messured on the uninjured leg. One thing i did see was great acting from the one under the bike.

[scoutcpr]

The purpose of the exercise was for the participants to learn!... We did not expect the response to be perfect. Note that this was the first team scenerio for the class. As you probably suspect, things did indeed get better as our guys got more practice.

[mees5]

Person in white should have been priority then person in the blue who was about to be splinted but they should be boarded with a neck collar anyways and if that driver would have interefered i would have detained her under a citizens arrest! Although that was a very good training scenerio and the only way to get better is too practice and this is the best practice there is!

[scoutcpr]

The scene was never properly secured which accounts for a lot of the continued and very intentional confusion. In this scenario, the appropriate procedure would have been to request law enforcement during the initial call for back-up. There is considerable controversy now as to whether a "C" collar is appropriate. For now, our protocol is to use them but we spend a considerable amount of effort making sure that our first responders know how to properly use them.

[mees5]

Awsome I love the training because there is so much to learn from these scenarios!

[sonjaherz]

is this for real? or is this acting?

[scoutcpr]

It was intended to be as real as possible... but the scene is staged.