STEPHEN BENNETT'S EAGLE PROJECT
November 5, 2006 |
At 10:30 in the morning of November 5th 2006, a group of young men and adults were unpacking their cars
on the edge of a cul-de-sac off Estates Drive in Oakland. They were the volunteers of Troop 202, preparing
for Stephen Bennett's Eagle Project. They had all volunteered the day before and one of the weeknights
the previous week to train in first aid by a San Francisco paramedic. The scouts were about to undertake
the education of forty-three CORE (Citizens of Oakland Respond to Emergencies) members in methods of
applying first aid in a disaster setting. The trainees arrived at noon for instruction at five different
stations manned by scouts. The training stations included shock and burns, broken bones, spinal injuries,
lacerations, and carries. At each station two or three older scouts taught with two or three younger scouts
acting as aids and victims. Each station was supervised by an adult. The day progressed without a hitch
and the trainees had learned a lot after completing the five stations. Thanks to the effort of the scouts
and their leaders, there are forty-three adults who know how to react in emergency
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Assembling Scouts for training
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Demonstrating the two man carry
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Two man carry
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Demonstrating a blanket stretcher
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Showing a magazine splint
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Moving wounded to door for carrying
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Leg splints
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Learning how to do a leg splint
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Treating an arm wound
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Treating multiple injuries
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Moving a spinal victim onto a door stretcher
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Making realistic burns
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Moving shock victim on door stretcher
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Moving injured on door stretcher
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Door stretcher
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Moving victim with blanket carry
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Demonstrating splints
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Scouts and participants
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Scouts and trainees
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