Cribbed
| April 23rd, 2010CERT training was good times tonight. We did Search & Rescue and Cribbing. Tonight was the most hands-on participation we’ve had since the class started. While not incredibly challenging, it’s a lot to remember and who knows how much you actually will be able to remember when TSHTF.
For Search & Rescue we divided up into 2 teams. One team went into the structure, hid and pretended to be injured, disoriented or dead. Then the other team would roll on in, take stock of the situation, triage those found and try to account for everyone. Easier said than done, especially in teams.
Cribbing was fairly straight forward. Stack the blocks appropriately for maximum strength and remove the victim from whatever precarious position they’ve found themselves in. There’s an official way to do this, and we learned that method, but who knows how organized it will be if you’re really trying to crib a howling human trapped underneath something. Either way, solid knowledge on the subject.
Teamwork and personal safety are 2 of the biggest parts of training like this. We’re being trained by members of the San Diego Fire Department, so I’ll trust them on this. In larger groups, there’s a bit of disorganization, but that’s to be expected. All in all, I’m in class with a fine group of people and the trainers are excellent and mix a good dose of humor in with the seriousness of emergency response tactics.
One more class then the big final drill and graduation on May 8th.
