chinn emergency preparedness
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Why the pool and gym staff should train together
CONSIDER THIS . . .
What if . . . . a major incident (i.e. a life threatening injury or multiple victim accident) occurred at our facility and there were not enough trained people on duty to handle the situation?
Who is trained to do what? Trained for basic first aid
Everyone
Trained to deal with minor incident
Everyone
Trained to deal with major incident
Lifeguards and pool staff
Trained to use the AED
Lifeguards and pool staff
How many people are needed in an emergency? At least 3 people are needed during a major incident to
handle the victim alone in order to provide optimum care.
This does not cover calling 911, going to get the AED and oxygen, meeting the ambulance once it arrives, crowd control, or dealing with any other issues which may arise such as a second emergency or complication.
How many people are on duty?
63%
37%
Danger Zone
2-3 lifeguards
4+ lifeguards
What does this all mean? It means that 63% of the time there are no more than 3
members of the pool staff on duty.
It means that more than half the time, if a major incident occurs, Chinn staff will have to rely on the help of bystanders who may or may not be there.
It means that the person in need of assistance may not receive optimal care due to lack of assistance.
Information which may need to be passed along to Emergency Medical Technicians may be lost.
What could happen? When the heart stops, if CPR is not administered
within 4 to 6 minutes, brain damage will occur.
Once the heart stops, a person’s chance of survival drops 7 to 10 percent for every minute that an AED shock is not administered.
SolutionsThere are two possible solutions:
To combine gym and pool staff in-service training.
To make every Chinn employee CPR for the professional rescuer certified.
That means . . .
There is NO cost to the Prince William County Park Authority for either solution.
Both solutions can be implemented immediately!
Why they will work. Both the pool and gym staff already have mandatory
in-service training every month.
No extra hours are required.
Basic CPR certification costs around $55 while CPR for the professional rescuer certification costs $70 on average.
Certification costs are already covered by the employee and the lifeguards pay around $180 for all their needed certifications, plus gym and pool staff are paid the same entry rate.
The Results The pool staff will have more team members to call
and rely on in the event of an emergency.
The gym staff will be more capable to handle incidents which may happen in the gym area.
Our patrons will feel safer using our facility as they will be better taken care of should something happen.
Questions or Suggestions? If you have any questions regarding these suggested
changes, or any suggestions on how to fix this problem other than those solutions mentioned here, please do not hesitate to contact me at: