T.
Lawrence, D. Fetters, F. Conway and T.
Bean
NIOSH Education and Information Division
Farm
accident rescue training is an important and popular educational
program among rural emergency medical personnel. For the last
four years, the Ohio State University (OSU) and the Ohio Fire
Academy (OFA) have worked in cooperation to provide this type
of training to emergency responders in Ohio. The training
at the OFA facilities in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, includes both
in-class training and hands-on extraction exercises. Both
OFA and OSU have often received requests for two-day courses
that would include hands-on training. In addition, two-hour
introductions to farm rescue have been provided. However,
due to personnel limitations, the limited availability of
equipment for hands-on training and safety concerns, it has
not always been possible to accommodate all training requests.
Furthermore, both OFA and OSU are concerned that all training
programs should be standardized to ensure that minimum educational
requirements are fulfilled, regardless of the location or
trainer.
Using
the Northeast Region Agricultural Engineering Service (NRAES)
publication, "Farm Rescue Training", OFA and OSU have developed
a six-hour, video-assisted outreach training program. This
program is designed so that the instruction may be offered
to larger groups of individuals without comprising the quality
of the education provided. The NRAES workbook is a relatively
inexpensive and easy-to-read publication, which is followed
very closely by an OSU/OFA-developed teacher's manual. Included with the training program are a 113 slide set, which includes
photographs, word slide set and graphics, and an 11 videotape
program (Edited versions of the Penn State Farm Accident And
Rescue Series).
The
presentation will discuss this cooperative venture between
the Ohio State University and the Ohio Fire Academy, a program
which satisfies a critical need in the state. It was initiated
and developed with NIOSH AHPS funds. The planning and development
process has been conducted with a view to make the program
independent and on-going beyond the grant period, a threshold
that has been successfully attained.
Disclaimer
and Reproduction Information: Information in NASD does not
represent NIOSH policy. Information included in NASD appears
by permission of the author and/or copyright holder. More
NASD Review: 04/2002
This
research abstract was extracted from a portion of the proceedings
of "Agricultural Safety and Health: Detection, Prevention
and Intervention," a conference presented by the Ohio State
University and the Ohio Department of Health, sponsored by
the Centers for Disease Control/National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health.
T.
Lawrence, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; D. Fetters,
Ohio Fire Academy, Reynoldsburg, OH; F. Conway, Ohio Fire
Academy, Reynoldsburg, OH; T. Bean, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH.
|