This meeting consisted of a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training demonstration focused on techniques for moving survivors through confined spaces and using different carries. The session covered a six-person carry through a narrow door, a two-person lift using a chair, and two-person carries (Georgia Street carry) for both flat terrain and staircases. The instructor provided step-by-step guidance, emphasizing safety, communication, and proper lifting mechanics.
Okay, now we're gonna demonstrate a six-person carry and getting a survivor through a smaller door opening. As you can see, we have our survivor is on our tarp. We have our six cert members, and when we pair up at certain members, you want to try to match your height with the person next to you, or excuse me, across from you, not next to you, across from you because when we lift, you want it all be about the same height. So, what we're gonna demonstrate, I'll be at the head, maintaining cervical spine, and the person at the head makes all the calls. And the way we do this to make through the door, everybody gets assigned a number. We'll start here. She'll be one, two, three, four, five, six, and I'll be number seven. And as we go through the door, each person goes through the door call calling out their number. One through, two through, three through, and we'll demonstrate that to show you how we can with this many people can fit through a normal door opening. Everybody ready? Okay, when we're ready to move, everybody's gonna bend down using their knees, not their back, bend down, and they will grab their handles on the side of the and then on my call, okay. On three, up, one, two, three, up. Now, once we get up, everybody that's carrying, let your arms relax straight down. See, it makes it a lot more comfortable to carry that way. And now the person at the head always calls the shots on the movement because they're maintaining cervical spine on that patient and communication with that patient. So on three, we're gonna turn feet first to my left towards the door. One, two, three. And stop. And now on my count, we'll walk towards the door. One, two, three, move. And as we move, we sidestep that way, it's less chances of tripping over debris or falling while you're carrying a survivor. And as we go through the door, Olivia was number one, she should be the first one through, and then she'll call out one through once she gets through. So go through the door. One through. Okay, and then two through. Literally stuck. Three through. Four through. Five through, six through, and seven through. Okay, now we'll go down on my count. One, two, three, down. And that's how we can move a survivor and get him through a smaller opening when it's wide like that. You stagger your numbers as you go through that door. Remembering the person at the head maintains that cervical spine, communication with that patient, and the person at the head makes all the calls on movement of that survivor. What we're gonna demonstrate now is a two-person lift using a chair. Things to take in consideration. Don't use a chair with wheels. You can use a chair with wheels if they have side rails to use to roll that patient or that survivor. You just need to make sure that they're secure and they're not gonna fall out of that chair. But we need to carry the patient so we have a chair with arms. If you have a chair without arms, your survivor could go each each side and fall off. You have to be very mindful of that. So as we lift, Dan's gonna lift the legs. I'm gonna lift at the back and we'll lift and demonstrate that carry. And whoever's at the head is who calls the shots at that point in time. So you ready to lift? Yep. Ready, lift. One, two, three. Now we can walk and be mindful of the person at the feet always going backwards, so it's good to have a spotter if that's available.