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 August
13th & 14th, 2024 |
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What Is Camp 911?
Camp 911 is a two-day long camp at Mercy
EMS, that is designed to give children entering
sixth grade the skills, abilities, and most
importantly the confidence to act in case of an
emergency. These kids will have the opportunity
to learn lifesaving emergency care such as CPR,
stop the bleed, choking interventions, and much
more! We hope with the information and skills
provided to the students that they will be able
to act in case of an emergency as well as pass
on this information to family and friends.
This is a FREE event (Register
Online) to the campers as it is
sponsored by many different local organizations,
emergency agencies, and donations from local
businesses. Space is limited to the event and
participants will be selected at random after
the registration closes.
Day One
Day one of the camp will kick off with a
car extrication demo where campers will get an
up-close demonstration on the steps taken to
extricate a patient from a crashed vehicle.
(This is just a demonstration as the patient in
the vehicle is not actually injured). Following
the demonstration the campers will get to tour
all of the emergency vehicles involved with the
demonstration as well as many different types of
emergency vehicles such as: US Coast Guard boat,
Bootjack Fire and Rescue Hovercraft, Houghton
County Sheriff Mobile Command Center, multiple
different fire trucks, and much more! This is a
great time for the campers to get a hands on
feel for items in these vehicles and ask
questions.
Following the vehicle tours
students will learn injury prevention and what
to do in cases of certain emergencies. This is a
very brief description of day one as the
students will receive a lot of very beneficial
information this day.
Also, during day
one we will have a helicopter landing, weather
dependent, on site at Mercy EMS.
Day Two
Day two will be made up of many different
topics such as fire safety which will feature a
Smoke House where the campers will be placed in
a camper that fills with smoke (don’t worry it
is just vegetable oil) to simulate what steps to
take if you ever find yourself trapped in room
filling with smoke. The campers will then be
sent home with a fire prevention plan to talk
about with their family.
The rest of the
day consists of internet safety, wilderness
survival, as well as multiple different stations
where the campers will have to put the
information and skills they have been taught to
the test with different emergency scenarios. As
stated above, this is a very brief description
of day two as there is much more that goes on.
Full schedule of events will be sent out to
campers after registration.
To conclude
the camp, we will have the campers run through
our Rescue Relay which family members are
encouraged to come watch!
All campers
will receive a t-shirt, water bottle, and
bystander care kit.
Any questions
involving Camp 911? Give us a call at (906)
482-0932 or
email.
Click here to register online.
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