Skills
If a disastrous event
overwhelms or delays the community's professional response, CERT members
can assist others by applying the basic response and organizational
skills that they learned during training.
These skills can help
save and sustain lives following a disaster until help arrives. CERT
skills also apply to daily emergencies.
Exercises & Activities
CERT members maintain and refine their skills by participating in
exercises and activities. They can attend supplemental training
opportunities offered by the sponsoring agency and others that further
their skills base. Finally, CERT members can volunteer for project that
improve community emergency preparedness.
Training
CERT Training will teach participants to:
- Apply techniques for opening airways, controlling bleeding and treating shock.
- Conduct triage under simulated conditions.
- Describe the function of CERT and their roles in immediate response.
- Describe the most common techniques for searching a structure.
- Describe the types of hazards most likely to affect their homes and communities.
- Describe ways to protect rescuers during search and rescue.
- Employ basic treatments for various wounds.
- Identify and reduce potential fire hazards in their homes and workplaces.
- Identify planning and size-up requirements for potential search and rescue situations.
- Perform head-to-toe assessments.
- Select and set up a treatment area.
- Take steps to prepare themselves for a disaster.
- Use safe techniques for debris removal and victim extrication.
- Work as a team to apply basic fire suppression strategies, resources and safety measures to extinguish a burning liquid.
Sessions require approximately 20 hours to complete. For more information, contact Frank Patterson at 254-750-5911.
