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October 2014

Pez Maya

Successful EFR Training and Scenarios

Objectives

  To train all volunteers in basic first aid and CPR to the level of emergency first responder

  To carry out a realistic emergency drill on base and ensure all volunteers respond correctly and

provide appropriate first aid for various simulated injuries

Summary

Upon arriving on base all volunteers are trained in emergency first response (EFR). We carry out the

course every four weeks as new volunteers arrive. After learning and practicing all of the individual skills

they participate in a surprise scenario that serves as a final assessment of their skills.

In October we had a large group of 20 new volunteers who were all successfully trained in EFR and with

such a large group we had the opportunity to run a very thorough and exciting scenario which went very

well.

Report

Due to the nature of our expedition, it is very important that volunteers and staff are always ready to

deliver first aid to others in case of an

emergency. All the staff members on base

are qualified as EFR providers or EFRinstructors. As part of the initial training,

the instructors deliver the course to the

new arrivals to make sure everybody is

ready to act in an emergency.

The EFR training consists of learning and

practicing skills such as the following:

  Scene assessment

  Barrier use

  Primary assessment

  CPR

  Serious bleeding management

  Shock management

  Spinal injury management

  Choking

  Injury assessment

  Illness assessment

Figure 1 Volunteer practicing CPR

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  Bandaging

  Splinting

We practice each skill thoroughly until all students are comfortable and

confident with their abilities. There is also the knowledge development

section which consists of reading the student manual, answering a

series of questions and a written final exam.

Upon completion of all skills and knowledge development we then

simulate a large scale emergency on base with multiple scenarios and

injuries occurring at once. The volunteers are all unaware before the

simulation itself as to properly make a final assessment of their skills.

Being as how we had such a large group in October we had to simulate

quite a few different scenarios at once to properly assess all students’ 

skills.

We simulated a terrible

machete accident where theuser had severed hurt their

leg, a victim impaled by

rebar from falling debris,

staff members fainting and

a car crash involving the

driver hitting a member of

staff. The staff were all

incapacitated due to being

victims of the emergency or

frantically panicking so they

were of no assistance to thevolunteers who had to act

on their own.

Conclusion

All of the volunteers did an excellent job in handling the situation and the staff turned out to be quitegood actors. We had a large group debrief after the scenario discussing what could have been done

differently. In the end we ended up with 20 new emergency first responders after much drama and

laughter.

To find out more about the Pez Maya expedition visit: http://www.gvi.co.uk/programs/marine-

conservation-expedition-mexico

Figure 2 How to roll somebodyto the recovery position

Figure 3 EFR scenario  – volunteers in action