Due to a fire in a kindergarten or daycare in Hermosillo, Sonora years ago, the civil protection agency has cracked down on facilities like ours. Last year, our school (Colegio Verdad y Vida) completed the requirements and became certified. Now it's our turn!
The process began with three mornings of first aid, fire control, and search and rescue training.
Day 1: Hemorrhages, wounds, and bandaging
This activity was practice immobilizing injuries with only cardboard and bandage wrap. (Plan for the unprepared.)
The immobilizing board...and the first victim!
Second victim!
Day 2: CPR, AED machine, fire control
Teamwork activity: everyone-must-fit-on-one-folded-sheet
Take 1
Take 2: the sheet just kept shrinking!
Final
Apparently we work well as a team. 🙌🏼
Day 3: Search and rescue, Practice Drill
(I got more videos this day than pictures.) We practiced lots of rescue methods (how to move injured people).
Rescue races! 🏎
We had fun, learned a lot, and hopefully can put it into practice. Our trainer put things into perspective for us when she presented some statistics. In Magdalena there are a total of 4 ambulances and twenty hospital beds. In comparison, there are thirty schools and we are on the outskirts of the city. What's more, emergency services are not that speedy here, so it's serious business to have some experience!
Thankfully, even if we don't have the most top-notch emergency services, we have a Protector/Physician who has us covered 24/7! Trusting Him...
