Objectives
* Review the history of the largest office building in the world and its local fire and rescue system.
* Review the timeline of events as they occurred on September 11th, 2001, in Arlington County, Virginia.
* Understand the basics of mass casualty incident management using the five Ss as a management tool and START triage (OPTIONAL).
* Review the basics of skin anatomy and physiology (OPTIONAL).
* Review the basics of burn assessment and management (OPTIONAL).
* Review the basics of the Critical Incident Stress Management (OPTIONAL).
Topic Highlights
This presentation will talk about the other side of September 11th, 2001, the Pentagon attack, from one of the field providers on scene that day. The presentation will start with the history of the Pentagon building, its purpose and the attack itself.
This presentation, while based on the Pentagon attack, then can either cover clinical, operational, or general session topic including burns, mass casualty incident management, critical incident stress management basics, and the fundamentals of teamwork, interagency cooperation, and good communication. The lecture is compartmentalized so that your conference or training session can receive the specific focus it deserves.
Audience/Track
This class is operational in nature and open to any EMS provider or educator. |