On November 18, the city of Manassas and the city of Manassas Park held a joint emergency exercise for their combined Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT). The exercise was held at Osborne High School and involved finding victims in blacked-out rooms and the triaging and transporting the victims.
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The purpose of the exercise was to use the skills learned in the class room and apply them in a simulated exercise. The teams checked for bleeding , airway obstruction and shock. One of the victims was under a table and had a knife protruding from her legs. Victims were sorted by severity and transported to the medical treatment area.
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The OVH members who had just received the training and were part of the teams were Ray , KM4EKR, Sandy, KM4JUS and John, KG4NXT. All these members were trained by Greg, KM4CCG , who is the Manassas park CERT leader. Also assisting at the exercise incident command was David, KD4DEE, who is also the CERT recruiter for the city of Manassas.
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