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Joint Emergency Exercise
MERSEYSIDE
Scout Emergency Team hosted a joint training exercise with Chorley
and Southport Divisions of St John Ambulance last Thursday evening.
The exercise took place at Tawd Vale, the Merseyside Scouts County
Camp Site at Lathom, near Ormskirk. Members of the St John Divisions
and the Scout Emergency Team were briefed on a scenario where a
mid-air collision had occurred between a passenger aircraft and a
military plane. The main fall-out of the incident was some miles
away and the Emergency Services were fully utilised dealing with
this. The volunteer groups had been drafted in to assist to deal
with a report that debris from the military jet had fallen in this
rural area and there were resulting casualties.
Search Teams were
mobilised and the site of the reported incident quickly located.
Simulated casualties, which included the pilot who had ejected from
the plane and parachuted to earth to be left dangling in a tree,
were immediately given First Aid treatment. Further help was
summoned in the form of four, fully equipped, off-road ambulances
belonging to St John Ambulance. The trained crews quickly took
control of the incident, prioritising the evacuation of casualties
and providing advanced treatment to stabilise the casualties before
moving them by ambulance to Medical help. The exercise concluded
with a well deserved hot drink and debrief.
Both St John
Ambulance and the Scout Emergency Team volunteers meet on a regular
basis to train in First Aid techniques to enable them to deal with
all emergency situations they may encounter whilst ‘on duty’.
Volunteer groups like St John could be called upon in the event of a
major incident and are invited to participate along side the
emergency services when they have exercises.
Both groups are run by volunteers. For more information about
volunteering for ether groups:-
Merseyside Scouts =
merseysidescouts.com
St John Merseyside =
sja.org.uk/merseyside
St John Lancashire =
sja.org.uk/lancashire |
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