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<DIV>Denise,</DIV>
<DIV>That’s good your experience went well in the first aid class.</DIV>
<DIV>I’ve definitely considered taking a first aid class.</DIV>
<DIV>What topics were in the first aid class? Did it cover how to treat burns
and cuts?</DIV>
<DIV>Did you find the instructor willing to be accomodating?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>When volunteering for emergency and military
services at Red Cross,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>was this from home? I’ve searched for community
service activities a lot and a few years ago, in the summer, between school
terms I tried to get into the Red Cross.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>They said all the nice and right things so I went
through a background check and then had someone install jaws at the
office.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>I thought I could volunteer in the fundraising
department in the office.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>But they wouldn’t take the time to train me or
give me work to do once I got there, other than a few times stuffing
envelopes.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Its good you volunteered for Red Cross; it’s a
great organization.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>I’m curious to know if anyone has volunteered on
a Community Emergency Response Team, CERT, to help with disasters.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Ashley</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=denise.shaible@att.net
href="mailto:denise.shaible@att.net">Denise Shaible</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 29, 2013 11:21 AM</DIV>
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<DIV>Oh no, the first aid class was completely hands on. My instructor
actually showed me how to do all kinds of first aid using her as the guinea
pig. In fact, I bandaged her arm where she simulated a wound and the staff
couldn’t believe it. The HIV and AIDS class was lecture and I learned
basic information about how one gets the disease and other important
information. Then I took a multiple choice test to get the
certification. I don’t know how long the certifications were good
for. this was in Florida and I’m sure it’s different for different
states.</DIV>
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<DIV>The fire was a local fire in an apartment building. I also worked in
Military Services, helping service personnel get leave due to loved ones being
sick or dead. That was a very fun job. I guess the main problem for
the Red Cross was understanding what I could do. If you have a good idea
of your skills, you may not have that difficulty. I believe that since I
trained at the Louisiana Center for the Blind, I could advocate for myself much
better in volunteer situations. I hope that answers all of your
questions.</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>Denise</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=bookwormahb@earthlink.net
href="mailto:bookwormahb@earthlink.net">Ashley Bramlett</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 27, 2013 8:09 PM</DIV>
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<DIV>Denise,</DIV>
<DIV>Wow, this is impressive. Thanks for sharing.</DIV>
<DIV>What was covered in first aid and how could you do the class?</DIV>
<DIV>Was it more info based with lectures or hands on?</DIV>
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<DIV>I’m guessing that the first aid techniques were illustrated in pictures and
also you wouldn’t be able to see the wounds to treat them. I suppose you could
feel some of it but with wounds you don’t want to touch much since it hurts the
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>them even if you have clean hands.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>The cpr class is always hands on anyway, I’ve
heard so I don’t see an issue there.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>What about the HIV class?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>What did they teach there? Prevention
measures?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Also, how long is certification good for for
these things: first aid, cpr, and HIV</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>For the fire disaster, was this a local
issue?</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><STRONG>Thanks.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=denise.shaible@att.net
href="mailto:denise.shaible@att.net">Denise Shaible</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 23, 2013 10:28 PM</DIV>
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<DIV>I have taken training with the American Red Cross when I lived in Ft.
Lauderdale, FL. I took a class which prepares people for work in shelters
when there are hurricanes. Unfortunately, my biggest hurdle was he
attitude about working there and I never got to actually use the
trainning. I did, however, take a class in first aid and in CPR. the
trainer did not believe that I as a blind person could do some tasks such as
bandaging a wound but, I had no difficulty. In fact, I had to use this
skill on my own thumb when I cut it with a knife. I would like to take CPR
again because I’m aware that there is a new way of doing it. I also took a
class in HIV and AIDS. for this, I had to pass an exam and I had a reader
to help me. I forgot to say that in all of the hands on classes, the
instructor described the technique and put his or her hands on mine to teach me
when necessary. I hope this helps. As I said, the biggest problem
was the negative attitudes toward blind persons. I think, though, that I
showed them a thing or two about blind persons.</DIV>
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<DIV>One more thing, I volunteered for the American Red Cross in Emergency and
Military Services. I used my Braillenote to take down all of the
information I needed to contact the Emergency Teams and Military
Personnel. On one occasion, we had a big fire and I was involved in
receiving calls and letting people know about where to donate tings and whom to
contact to learn about survivors of the fire.</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>Denise </DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=bookwormahb@earthlink.net
href="mailto:bookwormahb@earthlink.net">Ashley Bramlett</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 23, 2013 4:59 PM</DIV>
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<DIV>Hi Everyone,</DIV>
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<DIV>I’ve considered taking some type of emergency response training.</DIV>
<DIV>There are several training opportunities through my county, fairfax
county.</DIV>
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<DIV>Has anyone taken training like this and used it? If so, what parts were
difficult to do with limited or no vision? I would guess that searching
for people would be hard to do. What accomodations did you have?</DIV>
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<DIV>I’m talking about experiences to train for natural disasters, helping
victims, or any medical work. </DIV>
<DIV>For instance working in a fire department, medical reserve core, or
community emergency response team. I don’t think we can be parametics because
you have to read the screens of medical equipment such as the electrocardiogram,
but we could provide first aid or cpr or maybe help in some other way.</DIV>
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<DIV>I’m going to also ask around if anyone in our chapter has taken CERT
training or worked for the volunteer fire department in the office or helped the
police. </DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ashley</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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