It was CERT class time again this eve..Jos jotteed down some more great quotes..they are below....she also took a video of me coming out of my apt w/my CERT backpack..totally funny!! you can view it on her blog...under the May 11 post..enjoy...
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so... tonight... CERT training... qualitity quotes from the evening of Disaster Medical Operations Part One
"I was there, but i was clueless" - Nurse Sandy mocking Christy's inability to describe where "Miracle Camp" is.
"Wear your helmet. Stuff falls." - Nurse Sandy
"Oh, he's very 'BONSAI'" - Nurse Sandydescribing "quick and dirty" triage
"He gets a second chance... that's all he's gonna get" - Nurse Judee on only checking twice is someone is breathing.
"If you come up on someone in a disaster scene and they're only sleeping, you need to be careful, cause them might come up swinging." - Nurse Judee.. (EDITOR'S NOTE: YEA RIGHT, JUDEE... like someone is going to be sleeping at a disaster scene!)
"I always want my people to go unconcious on me... but they never do." - Nurse Sandy on people with traumatic injuries.
"Mike, can I borrow your body parts?" - Nurse Sandy on using Mike for a demonstration.
"I'm big on femine hygene pads" - Nurse Sandy on using said objects to control bleeding.
"I mean...uh... how many people in an emergency are really going to need...." - crazy guy Terry upon finally understanding why "feminie hygene products were in his first aid kit.
"Then you have to put something on the stump." - Nurse Sandy on what to do after applying a tourniquet to a severed limb.
"Like pinching skin is a big deal when you have no hand." - Nurse Judee on the directive to put fabric under a tourniquet so it doesn't "pinch skin"
"Evelyn's husband got it cause he's Johnny on the Spot." - Nurse Sandy "complimenting" Evelyn's husband's quick answer.
"Black...mmm....mmm... that's an obvious one.. they're dead... but we prefer to call it a 'bypass'" - Nurse Judee on what color to tag a dead person while doing triage
"Say to the walking wounded.. if you move this person.. they are going to die... they won't move it." - Nurse Sandy on making use of the delayed treatment/walking wounded.
"Don't say 'dead' say 'bypass' cause 'dead' would just be mean...it's bad for morale." - Nurse Judee
"Judee and I...since we're pediatric nurses, we'd prefer if you didn't put black on any kids... you know.. unless they have no head... then you can put black on 'em" - Nurse Sandy on triaging children.
"'You're gonna be fine... no big deal' and you know... it's OFF, but that's ok.. it's good to lie... lying is a nice thing in triage." - Nurse Sandy on telling an amputee that everything is going to be alright, even though they're missing a limb.
"Wrap the hand, and keep it close to the body.. but not by their head." - Nurse Judee on keeping the severed limb near the body it was severed from.
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