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CERT Core ConceptsUnit 1 – Disasters – 2hr30min §
Disasters
and Disaster Workers: What
defines a disaster, what defines an emergency, and who makes up the response
workforce. §
The
Impact on the Infrastructure:
The potential effect of extreme emergencies and disasters on
transportation; electrical service; telephone communication; fuel; food, water,
and shelter; and emergency services. §
Structural
and Nonstructural Hazards:
Potentially hazardous conditions in various types of structures and their
contents during a disaster. §
Hazard
Mitigation:
What to do to reduce the risk of damage from hazards that threaten your
area. §
Home
and Workplace Preparedness:
How you can prepare in advance to reduce structural and nonstructural
hazards and survive the initial period after a disaster or extreme emergency. §
Community
Preparedness:
How a community can prepare in advance to respond. §
Protection
for Disaster Workers: Laws
that protect disaster workers from liability. Unit 2 – Fire Safety – 2hr30min §
Fire
Chemistry: How fire occurs, classes of
fire, and choosing the correct means to extinguish each type of fire. §
Fire
Hazards: Potential fire hazards in
the home and workplace, and fire prevention strategies. §
Fire
Safety: How to evaluate fires,
assess firefighting resources, and determine a course of action. §
Portable
Fire Extinguishers:
Types of portable fire extinguishers and how to operate them. §
Fire
Suppression Safety:
How to decide if you should attempt to extinguish a fire; how to approach
and extinguish a fire safely. §
Teamwork: The importance of working
with a buddy. §
Hazardous
Materials:
How to identify potentially dangerous materials in storage, in transit,
and in your home. Unit 3 – Medical Operations Part 1 – 2hr30min §
Life-threatening
Conditions: How to recognize
and treat an airway obstruction, bleeding, and shock. Triage: Principles of triage and how to conduct triage evaluations Unit 4 – Medical Operations Part 2 – 2hr30min §
Public Health
Considerations:
How to maintain hygiene and sanitation. §
Functions of Emergency
Medical Operations: How
to conduct the four major subfunctions of emergency medical operations. §
Disaster
Medical Treatment Areas:
How to establish them and what their functions are. §
Patient
Evaluation:
How to perform a head-to-toe patient evaluation to identify and treat
injuries. §
Basic Treatment—How To: ·
Treat burns. ·
Dress and bandage wounds. ·
Treat fractures, dislocations,
sprains, and strains. ·
Apply splints to hands, arms,
and legs. ·
Treat hypothermia. ·
Control nasal bleeding. Unit 5 – Light Search and Rescue 2hr30min §
Search and Rescue Sizeup: How
to size up the situation in which the search and rescue teams will operate. §
Conducting Search
Operations: How to search
systematically for disaster victims. §
Conducting Rescue
Operations: Safe techniques for
lifting, leveraging, cribbing, and victim removal. Unit 6 - Cert Organization 1hr45min §
CERT Organization:
How to organize and deploy volunteer resources according to CERT
organizational principles. §
Rescuer Safety:
How to protect your own safety and your buddy’s during search and
rescue. §
Documentation: Strategies
for documenting situation and resource status. §
Team Organization:
A tabletop exercise will give you the opportunity to apply your
knowledge of team organization. Unit 7 – Disaster Psychology 45min §
Disaster Psychology:
The psychological impact of a disaster on rescuers and victims, and how
to provide “psychological first aid.” § Caring for Yourself, Your Buddy, and Victims: Steps one can take individually and as part of a CERT before, immediately following, and after a disaster. Unit 8 – Terrorism 2hr30min §
What Terrorism Is:
The definition of terrorism and terrorist goals. §
Terrorist Weapons:
The weapons that terrorists are known or are suspected to have and the
risk posed by various terrorist weapons. §
B-NICE Indicators:
Cues that help to identify a when a terrorist attack has occurred or may
be imminent. §
CERTs and Terrorist
Incidents: CERT protocols for
terrorist incidents and protective action following an event. Unit 9 – Disaster Simulation and Final Exam 3hr-0min§ A Review of Key Points from the Course.
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Copyright 2003-2005 Fresno Citizen Corps. CERT Fresno funded in part by FEMA
through California Service Corps.
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