# Presentation: 785283

## Presented by:Haley Rich, Alliance for Empowerment, Inc. Pueblo County, Colorado

- _Presented by:_Haley Rich, Alliance for Empowerment, Inc. Pueblo County, Colorado

## Why Should You Involve Youth?

- Common Sense
- Preparing youth creates a culture of preparedness.
- House Bill 1544
- 	"...training and exercises to assist public elementary and secondary schools in developing and implementing programs to instruct students regarding age-appropriate skills to prevent, prepare for, respond to, mitigate against, or recover from an act of terrorism;..." _http://www.govtrack.us/data/us/bills.text/109/h1544.pdf_
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## Why Should You Involve Youth?

- National Incident Management System
- Schools are identified as a form of government.
- Incident Command System is required in emergency plans.

## How May You Involve Youth?

- Elementary and Middle School
- "FEMA for KIDS"  (http://www.fema.gov/kids/)
- Masters of Disasters (http://www.redcross.org/disaster/masters/links.html)
- Save a Life Foundation (http://www.salf.org)
- "Are You Ready" manual and facilitator's guide
- High School
- Teen SERT

- Great for Elementary!

## Overview: Teen SERT

- What is Teen SERT?
- Origin
- Planning
- Needs
- Funding
- Success and Accomplishments
- National Status

## What Is Teen SERT?

## What Is Teen SERT?

-     _S_chool _E_mergency _R_esponse _T_raining
- Disaster Preparedness
- Basic Fire Safety
- Medical Operations
- Light Search & Rescue
- Terrorism
- Disaster Psychology
- Team Organization

- Gilmer HS, GA

## Origin

- Pueblo West High School, Colorado
- Pueblo County Sheriff, Dan Corsentino
- Supported Pueblo West High School's pilot
- Brian Morgan, "The White Paper"
- Permission to plagiarize and expand the concept

- Pueblo West HS, CO

## CD Resources

- Calendar/Schedule
- With task list
- Curriculum
- Presentation
- Model
- Pilot School Report
- With "Lessons Learned"
- Brochure

- And MORE!

## Planning Teen SERT

- Start-up Meetings
- School Resource Officer
- Fire Chief/Training Officer
- Identify Instructor
- Identify Class
*As a unit, meet with school administration...                                                     *

- Pueblo West HS, CO

## Planning Teen SERT

## Planning Teen SERT

- Biggest challenge? Selling it to the administration...
- What works well:
- House Bill 1544
- Augmentation of crisis management planning
- "Homeland Security at the grassroots level"
- Columbine, local disasters, 9-11
- Great foundation for grants (resource acquisition)
- Youth, education, leadership, community betterment, mentoring, innovative

## Planning Teen SERT

- Community resource evaluation
- What do you need?
- What do you have?
- What is available to support Teen SERT?

- Pueblo West HS, CO

## Teen SERT Needs

- Equipment template is simple- $16,000
- Hardhat, gloves, safety glasses, vests, medical supplies, moulage supplies, laptop, projector, carry case, manuals (re-use)
- Trailer (if CERT is in the community, multi-use)
- Students keep "Are You Ready"
- (Free!) 1-800-480-2520
- Train-the-Trainer for Instructor

## Planning Teen SERT

- Start off right!
- Ask students about their insecurities, fears.
- Ask students what they want to learn.
- Create mini exercises!
- Student simulated "seizure."
- Student simulated "trip."
- 4-day self reliance scenario.
- Rescue Randy on goal post.

- Document them!
- Address them!

## Funding Teen SERT

- State and Federal Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) grants
- Private sector
- Foundation grants
- Business grants
- Donations

- Pueblo West HS, CO

## Funding Teen SERT

- 			Excellent Website:
- http://www.healthinschools.org/grants/alerts.asp

- Salina South HS, Kansas

## Teen SERT vs. CERT

- NO SELF-DEPLOYMENT authorization
- High School: school response emphasis with or without staff support (scenario driven)
- Curriculum: school, self and family focus
- Liability-School (signed parent letter w/permission)
- Colorado House Bill 1353

- Gilmer HS, GA

## Accomplishments and Success

- 500 graduates in 24 months
- "less feeling of helplessness" and "can make a difference"
- Health Class (required for all ninth graders) with 300 graduates each year
- Teen SERT Class/Club
- Advanced training
- Community involvement
- Letter program

- Salina South HS, KS

- PWHS's

## Accomplishments and Success

- 2 "Outstanding Leadership Awards" presented by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Pueblo West High School
- Tim Crabtree, Teen SERT Outstanding Student

- Left to right: (Parents) Jerry Estep, Deb Estep, Pat Smith (Instructor), Tim Crabtree, Todd Vancantfort (DHS)

- PWHS's

## Accomplishments and Success

- "Colorado Cares" Award, 8/9/2005
- Boosts volunteer base
- 12 into law enforcement
- 12 into medical
- Parent support and
-     involvement
- Teacher seizure

- Pueblo West HS, CO

- (out of 46 in pilot class)

- PWHS's

## Best Success

- _6 lives saved!_
- (2) Students recognized heart attack symptoms
- Mentally challenged student saved choking nephew
-     (7 mo. old baby) by use of the Heimlich maneuver
- (2) siblings saved by use of the Heimlich maneuver
- Mother wanted to move son who had fallen while playing ice hockey and had hit his head on the wall. Daughter (Teen SERT student) kept mother from moving son. If mother had moved him, it most likely would have severed his spinal cord.

## National Status

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## Conclusion

- What is Teen SERT?
- Origin
- Planning
- Needs
- Funding
- Success and Accomplishments
- National Status

- PWHS Disaster Kit Coordination

## Got Moulage?

- Warning: Graphic pictures are following...

## Examples of Moulage

- Laceration:
- Build up "schkin" and "bruise" with lipstick
- "Cut" schkin (with blunt edge tool)
- Put honey blood in and all over injury

## Examples of Moulage

- Stomach Impalement:
- Build up "schkin" and "bruise" with lipstick
- Place impalement
- Put honey blood around impalement, and dish detergent blood all over injury

## Examples of Moulage

- Ruptured bowel:
- Use direction for impalement on stomach
- Fill condom with prepared oatmeal
- Press condom over impalement and squeeze

## Examples of Moulage

- Burn/Blisters:
- Mix Metamucil with warm water to consistency of applesauce
- Place mixture
- Create redness (lipstick) around injury
- Fill syringe with Vaseline, squirt "blisters"
- "Bruise" with lipstick and add a little blood
- Dust with fireplace ash

## Examples of Moulage

- Vomit: Oatmeal base
- Foaming at mouth: Alka Seltzer
- Bile: Fine grain wheat cereal with a touch of yellow food coloring
- Sweat/Shock: 3 parts glycerin to one part water

## Questions?

- Haley Rich
- 858 W. Cambria Drive
- Pueblo, Colorado 81007
- (719) 647-2652
- Teensert1@yahoo.com

- GHS Photos by
- Paige Cochran

- My daughter, Kayla
- PWHS Teen SERT student
- Incident Commander, 5/2005