2007-08-13

CERT Training Objectives review

So we can review, the training objectives of the CERT program are:
1. Describe the types of hazards that are most likely to affect their homes and communities.
2. Describe the functions of CERTs and their role in immediate response.
3. Take steps to prepare yourself for a disaster.
4. Identify and reduce potential fire hazards in their homes or workplaces.
5. Work as a team to apply basic fire suppression strategies, resources, and safety measures to extinguish a pan fire.
6. Apply techniques for opening airways, controlling bleeding, and treating for shock.
7. Conduct triage under simulated disaster conditions.
8. Perform head-to-toe patient assessments.
9. Select and set up a treatment area.
10. Employ basic treatments for various wounds, and apply splints to suspected fractures and sprains.
11. Identify planning and size up requirements for potential search and rescue situations.
12. Describe the most common techniques for searching a structure.
13. Work as a team to apply safe techniques for debris removal and victim extrication.
14. Describe ways to protect rescuers during search and rescue operations.
15. Describe the post-disaster emotional environment and the steps that rescuers can take to relieve their own stressors and those of disaster survivors.
16. Describe CERT organization and documentation requirements.
17. Create an Incident Command System structure to manage and account for all team members working at an incident.

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