Today was a full day of class, taking the Advance Accident Scene Management for motorcyclists. This was a much smaller class than the Basic class with 11 attendees - 6 of those from my Chapter. Pictured are all attendees plus the instructor is on the very left.
Most of the time was spent in the classroom, but at the end 3 of the Concord HOG members set up a scene with 2 bikes down and a car involved. One of the "victims" came in just for the scene, so 9 of us trooped out and practiced managing the scene. One guy took lead and assigned persons according to PACT (Prevent further injury, Assess the situation, contact EMS, treat)
The "scene" was set up out of direct traffic since we were in the employee library parking lot in back of the building. However, there was a surprising amount of traffic from library patrons using that section to go around to the access road. So, two people directed traffic, one gal "called" the authorities, and the rest of us spread among the vehicles to assess the victims.
Unfortunately no one took pictures, but we all pretty much acquitted ourselves well - except the guy (from another Chapter) who tried to horn in and pull the victim in the car into a sitting position. I had assessed her and reported her condition to the lady on the phone with EMS. I told him to back off since she wasn't bleeding, was not presently in danger, was breathing and we couldn't tell if she had neck, back, or internal injuries that would be aggravated if we moved her (I was much nicer than that though). Ah well, hopefully he remembers that if he is ever on a real scene.
We went back into the classroom and discussed what our thinking process was and how we handled our assigned responsibilities. We all got a certificate and a patch that goes over our Basic patch.
And, because she helped and took pictures, here is the LOH member that came in just to help stage the accident and play a victim (the blond lady with sunglasses)
Another well spent Saturday!
It sounds like your exercise was good training. Sometimes people think that they just must do something. To them, I say, "Don't just do something: stand there!"
Let's hope you never need the training.
Posted by: Cop Car | March 04, 2018 at 01:20 PM
"Don't just do something: stand there!" - I like that saying!
Posted by: bogie | March 10, 2018 at 07:10 PM