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Summer Camp with a Purpose: Empowering Youth Through Life-Saving Skills

Join us for a unique summer camp focused on empowering children and seniors with essential life-saving skills, including CPR, first aid, and emergency response training. The program, developed by the Colorado Springs Fire Department, aims to prevent emergencies like choking incidents and offers free training to participants. Our camps provide hands-on experience with 911 operations and personal safety while fostering community engagement. Since 2007, we have trained over 660 children and 129 seniors. Let's ensure that no emergency happens in our city again!

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Summer Camp with a Purpose: Empowering Youth Through Life-Saving Skills

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  1. Summer CAMP WITH A PURPOSE

  2. Warning This is just a summary of the information provided in this presentation. The full presentation will include multimedia element that would be too large for this format.

  3. Ken Hughlett, BS, NREMT-P Colorado Springs Fire Department Emergency Management Coordinator Office of Emergency Management American Heart Association BLS National Faculty – Colorado Pikes Peak Community College EMS Adjunct Faculty No Conflict of Interest to disclose relevant to this topic

  4. Greeting from ColoradoHome of: United States Air Force Academy Fort Carson Northern Command Space Command NORAD US Olympic Committee & Training Ctr

  5. The 911 Call • Tween Baby Sitters watching younger relatives • 2 year old chokes on a Cheetos® • 911 call placed, with wrong address provided • Neighbor transported child to ED • Not a good outcome

  6. The Challenge from the Chief Simple…this will not happen in My City again • Develop training specific to kids • Provide life saving skills • And…at NO cost to the participants

  7. The Players • Colorado Springs Fire Department • Medical Division • Heavy Rescue – Operations Division • Wildfire Mitigation – Division of the Fire Marshal • Community Services – Division of the Fire Marshal • El Paso Teller Counties 911 Authority • Colorado Springs Police Department • Storm Water Enterprise • KKTV

  8. Potential Costs • CPR Anytime Kits • Advertising • Staffing

  9. The Classes • CPR / First Aid • Stranger Danger / Cyber Danger • 911 • Fire Safety • Ditch the Ditches • Communication Center Tour

  10. Logistical Concerns • Lunches • Medical Emergencies • Routine Medications • Lost Children • Lost Parents

  11. The First Camp • Advertising • Campers • Responses

  12. CPR / First Aid • AHA CPR Anytime • 30 Minutes of CPR / AED • 30 Minutes of First Aid

  13. 911 / Fire Safety • When to call 911 • When not to call 911 • How the system works • Emergency Plans • Smoke Trailer

  14. Communication Ctr • Tour of the 911 Call Center • Each camper paired call taker/dispatcher

  15. Stanger Danger • Police Officer

  16. Ditch the Ditches • Ditch Danger

  17. Wilderness Safety • Camp Fire Safety • Bear Bags

  18. New Ideas • More Camps • Larger Number of Participants • Expanded Ages • Over 15? • Over 65? • More Classes

  19. Our Success • Since 2007, 664 children have been training • 129 Seniors have been trained • 793 CPR Anytime kits provided with 3965 potentially trained in CPR

  20. How do you make it happen? Find the Right Audience Pick the Right Topics Each Camper gets a CPR Anytime Kit Community Sponsors Have the Right Instructors

  21. Contact Me Kenneth Hughlett 719-385-7228 khughlett@springsgov.com

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