Five days (Thursday night to Monday morning) of games, classes, demonstrations, competitions, speakers, team building, and leadership training. Camp is for OEC students from Spring Lake Park and Osseo High Schools. OEC students learn 1st Aid, CPR, First Responder, and EMT skills in class. Spring and Fall Camp provide opportunities to practice those and new skills. Fall camp gives students their first chance to be victims and rescuers at mass casualty moulages (simulated emergencies). Spring Camp gives students their first chance to work out of an ambulance and respond to calls.
FALL CAMP INFO
There is so much to camp that is is hard to summarized.
Here is my attempt:
Location: OEC Camp has been held at a
variety of locations through it's history. But since 2000
camps have been held at Camp Wapogasset located outside of
Amery, Wisconsin.
Transportation: Osseo and SLP take
separate buses. They leave as soon as they are loaded up
after school. The trip takes about 2 hours. Staff arrive by
personal vehicles and borrowed ambulances. Upon arrival,
students have an hour to move into their rooms/cabins and
unpack equipment before dinner.
Lodging: At the camp, students are split
up into cabins or into the lodge. Last year boys were in a
large cabin and the girls were in the lodge. Rooms are
assigned by teams so that you are rooming with members of
your team.
Meals: 3 meals a day are provided by the
camp staff in the dining hall. Students help with clean up
for one meal over their entire stay.
Teams: Students are split up into teams.
These teams go to rotating classes together. In the Fall
they compete together in the OEC Olympics and in the
Spring, teams make up your ambulance crew. Teams are
integrated between Osseo and SLP.
Talent Show: Students bring their talent
and put it on display at the talent show. Stuff like skits,
dance, recitations, jokes, and songs.
Fall Events
Night Moulages: The defining element of
the fall camp are the night
moulages. After a full day of classes, activities,
and speakers, students are woken up to come to a scene,
find their teams, grab equipment, and provide care to a
mass casualty moulage. Rotating teams are pulled out
earlier to be made up to be victims.
OEC Olympics: Another fall
camp activity is the OEC Olympics. The teams
compete in a variety of events, ranging from backboarding
relays to bedpan tosses. The teams earn points for their
skill but also for their team work. This has been done in
one afternoon, but some years it has been stretched out
over the weekend.
Halloween Dance: Costume contest and dance
on Saturday night.
Fall
Classes
Lifts and Carries: This essential class
will prevent students from endangering their backs. Back
injuries are the #1 reason for paramedics to leave the
field.
Professionalism & Communication: Good
stuff
Firefighting 101: Firefighting and
Extinguishers: This is an intro to firefighting
gear and the job of the firefighter. Students practice
putting out a fire with an extinguisher.
Splinting and Bandaging: This skill review
expands on what the students already know.
Self Defense: This course trains students
in how to get out of a variety of situations.
CPR on the Move: Students know how to
backboard, how to move patients in and out of ambulances,
and how to do CPR. This class puts those skills together
into a more realistic scenario.
Team Building: Using a ropes course and
exercise is fun and teaches students to work together.
Rotating Moualges: Students are presented
with a variety of 2-3 person moulage scenarios, similar to
what they have had in class.
Spring Events
Ambulance Runs: Each day during
spring camp, a group of student teams will
be "on duty" to answer ambulance calls. They will have a
duty shift where they are called to a variety of scenes
where they will have to provide care for individual
patients. They will find addresses in the map book, act in
a professional mannner, treat the patient, communicate with
the hospital, and transport the patient in the ambulance.
These ambulance runs are run in the afternoon and late in
the evening.
Spring
Classes
Radio Communications:
Team Building: Using a ropes course and
exercise is fun and teaches students to work together.
Firefighting 201: Search and Rescue:
Students suit up and are taken through firefighting
training in how to conduct a blind search for victims as a
team.
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OHS, 317 2nd Ave. NW, Osseo, MN 55369
Gary Leafblad, Director
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leafbladg@district279.org