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Valuable lifesaving training was conducted during the October drill at the 142nd Fighter Wing with the Oregon National Guard's chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives, enhanced response force package, or CERFP team that work with civilian authorities to respond to man-made and natural disasters.
The civilian group involved in today’s training was the State Emergency Registry of Volunteers in Oregon (SERV-OR) is a collection of licensed healthcare professionals who have registered to volunteer in response to Federal, State, and/or local emergencies.
“Today we get to showcase what we do as military organization and how we go about our processes of packaging, triaging and medical treatment of patients in a mass casualty scenario.” said Senior Airman Andrew Chapman, a triage medic with the 142nd CERFP.
A number of individuals from the 142nd were tasked to play the casualties for this particular exercise to help the SOLV-OR volunteers get a realistic experience, with a variety of simulated wounds and dramatic patient acting.
Patients were brought into triage areas via field gurneys or by foot to be evaluated by the staff which wrapped up the day long exercise at the Field Triage and Casualty Collection point.
“It was good training for us as well as the SERV-OR team were able to give us a presentation on what they do and their background.” Chapman continued, “The only other outside non-military organizations we’ve recently worked with was the Portland Fire Department at their training facility to see how they train and use their facility.”
| Date Taken: | 10.14.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 10.19.2017 15:09 |
| Story ID: | 252136 |
| Location: | PORTLAND AIR GUARD STATION, OR, US |
| Hometown: | PORTLAND, OR, US |
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