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Show Teens participate in mock disaster drill at church I J 1 ; ;'br 4i rj-- r - . igjl jlillll By KALYN SECRETAN Neighbors and visitors passing through the Timpanogos Stake Center parking area recently may have been a bit surprised by the activity taking place on the premises. Although it wasn't an emergency situation, it looked like one with the fire rescue truck, ambulance, police and paramedics on hand. What was really happening was a mock disaster staged by the Fifteenth Fif-teenth Ward Mutual under the direction of Lt. Tom Paul. A two-car accident was arranged in the southeast corner of the parking lot. In preparation for the accident the wrecker arrived delivering the cars to the scene of the accident with one of the cars overturned. The paramedics arrived and prepared the victim, the injuries looked real with bones protruding from the skin and imitation blood mixture squirted on the intended injuries. A father and daughter sat side by side in one car while three teenagers were placed in the overturned car. Mutual was held in the stake center with Dave Vickers discussing emergency situations and informing the young men and women the most important person The 15th Ward Mutual discovers how to rescue victims and offer first aid at a mock accident staged in the Timpanogos Parking Lot. at the scene of an accident is the first to arrive. The young people knew something was going to happen. They would have to react and use some of the skills Vicker talked about. As the youth rushed to the scene of the accident, the Young Men's Mutual President asked them, "What are you going to do first of all? Are you going to let the people bleed to death?" They reacted and ran back to the Stake Center to call the ambulance. The rescue vehicles arrived and a teaching process began. The paramedics asked, "Have you talked to the people? What injuries are we most concerned about?" Darold Henry arrived with the fire rescue truck and he had to cut the top out of the overturned car. A paramedic entered the car after cutting out a window on top to administer first-aid and stabilize the victims as the torch was used. The car roof was turned into a door. Young people were called to administer first-aid to the father and daughter before the victims were moved and scouts transported the patients to the ambulance. It was definitely an on-the-scene training experience and the young people gained an understanding of how to take care of accident victims in an emergency situation. They also saw how the police, fire, rescue and paramedics work together as a team in an effort to prevent further injury and save lives. |