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Workshop:
Preventing Sprains & Strains for Emergency Responders
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July 16, 2009
Weston, Connecticut
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Registration begins at 6:30 PM
This seminar is open to CIRMA members only
SUMMARY
Emergency responders need to learn how to prevent injuries to
themselves—for their own sakes, as well for the effectiveness
of the rescue. This CIRMA workshop teaches injury prevention
techniques to use in the situations that most frequently lead to
sprains and strains.
| Emergency Responders Series
Preventing Sprains and Strains for Emergency
Responders is one of many vital workshops for Fire, Police,
and Emergency Rescue personnel.
For more information, please email CIRMA at cirmaworkshop@ccm-ct.org.
When emergency rescue leaders disregard their
safety, their teams are likely to follow their example;
therefore it is as important for the leadership to
receive safety training as it is for their team.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Emergency calls are never routine. Each one presents a
different set of physical challenges and hazards to emergency
responders, who are already working against the clock to
move critical-care patients. The result: too many emergency
responders experience painful sprains and strains from moving
patients and heavy objects.While you cannot predict or control the emergency setting,
proper training can help you prevent many injuries. The time
to prepare, of course, is before the call. During an emergency
your training will take over, allowing you to focus on the critical
tasks of the rescue itself. This CIRMA workshop explains and reinforces proper lifting and
moving techniques. The instructors illustrate the application of
these technique with a number of real-life scenarios developed
from actual rescues.
Topics include:
- Principles of back safety
- Anatomy of the human back
- Common causes of back injury in emergency responders
- Safe lifting, pulling, and pushing techniques
- How to lift and transport people without injury
- Moving and lifting patients to stretchers and backboards
- How to identify your limitations, pacing your efforts
- Preventive measures—exercises and stretches to tone and strengthen your back
AUDIENCE
- Firefighters
- Police
- Emergency Medical Technicians
SPEAKERS
Luc Pentz
CIRMA Risk Management
Consultant
Luc Pentz serves as a Risk Management
Consultant for CIRMA’s Risk Management
Services. Luc has worked at CIRMA for the
past three years developing and
implementing special projects, products,
and consultative services. Luc holds a B.S. Degree in Criminal
Justice from Quinnipiac University, and is currently pursuing his
Masters in Business Administration and Associates in Risk
Management designation through Quinnipiac University’s
School of Business. Luc provides proactive Risk Management
consultation for CIRMA’s Workers’ Compensation and Liability-Auto-Property membership.
WHERE
WESTON FIRE STATION
52 Norfield Road
Weston, CT 06883
203-222-2647
COST per attendee
This seminar is open to CIRMA members only and is free of charge.
DIRECTIONS
From the Merritt Parkway (Northbound):
- Take Exit 42.
- At the bottom of the ramp, turn right on Route 57 North. You
will go under the Parkway.
- Go to the fourth (4th) traffic light(approximately 3 miles)
- turn right on Norfield Road.
- The Fire Station will be on the left.
From the Merritt Parkway (Southbound):
- Take Exit 42.
- At the bottom of the ramp, turn left on Route 57 North.
- Go to the third (3rd) traffic light (approximately 3 miles)
- Turn right on Norfield Road.
- The Fire Station will be on the left.
From Interstate 95 (Southbound):
- Take Exit 18.
- At the end of the ramp turn right on the Sherwood Island Connector.
- Continue straight until the road ends at Route 1.
- Make a left onto Route 1 (Post Road) and go to the first light
- Turn right onto Roseville Road. (There is a McDonalds on the corner).
- Continue until the road ends.
- Turn left onto Cross Highway.
- At the stop sign, turn right.
- At the next stop sign, go straight.
- There is another stop sign before the Merritt Parkway. Continue straight on Route 57 North.
- At the fifth (5th) traffic light, turn right.
- The Fire Station will be on the left.
From Interstate 95 (Northbound):
- Take Exit 18.
- At the end of the ramp turn left on the Sherwood Island Connector.
- Then follow directions from I-95 Southbound.
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