Health Services Staff at Encampment

[jstobbsvergara13]

Hi all, so I went to encampment last year as a basic and got accepted this year as staff!! I am a Health services staff member person thingy... But I was wondering, what does health services staff actually do at encampments? How should I prepare? What extra stuff should I bring?

[Eclipse]

There's very little they are supposed to do.

"Parent care".  Bumps, bruises, blisters, hydration.

Anything else is 911.

[PHall]

Read the current CAPR 52-16, CAPR 160-1 and CAPR 160-2.
That should give you an idea of what you can do.

[arajca]

The Falcon Encampment Commander has decided the following policies apply to the cadet Health Services staff:
1. They are not Combat Medics - no huge backpacks filled with splints and trauma supplies
2. They are not Paramedics - no huge backpacks with drugs and IV kits
3. They are not Wilderness EMTs - no hauling cadets with splinters out of the field on litters by cadets
4. They are not doctors - no diagnosing medical conditions

Eclipse has outlined the appropriate level of care. Basically, what a typical parent would do. Not a parent who is a Combat Medic, Paramedic, doctor, etc.

Check the Falcon Encampment Cadet Staff page. You'll find more information in the Encampment Training Manual, chapters 1 and 13.

Note: The Cadet Command Staff  has decided to start a new tradition of naming encampments. This has been approved by the encampment commander and wing commander. The names will be taken from USAF and historical aircraft. This year it is the Falcon encampment.

[ProdigalJim]

^^^^^^ This.

Wish we had a Like button.

Please, cadets, leave medicine to those with appropriate clinical training, experience and medical supervision.

Please.

Please.

[ProdigalJim]

^^^^^^ This.

Wish we had a Like button.

Please, cadets, leave medicine to those with appropriate clinical training, experience and medical supervision.

Please.

Please.

[Stonewall]

At an encampment in 1995 there was a Nurse Practitioner (NP) as the encampment medical officer.  At Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD, where we used open bay barracks and the NP opened a "sick call clinic".  I learned from my senior member mentor, who had run many encampments in his day, to NEVER HAVE A CLINIC... "book them and they will com" was in full force.  If there is a clinic and a way to make your "homesickness" official, the clinic will draw them in by the dozens.  At one point there were 10+ cadets laid up "sick".

[JoeTomasone]

Note: The Cadet Command Staff  has decided to start a new tradition of naming encampments. This has been approved by the encampment commander and wing commander. The names will be taken from USAF and historical aircraft. This year it is the Falcon encampment.

Ooooh, bad idea.   The only Encampment I'd attend would be the Blackbird Encampment.   

FLWG has a standard that anything that is beyond first aid is NOT to be treated by CAP Members, even if they are paramedics, nurses, doctors, etc.    Obvious exceptions for CPR and mouth-to-mouth as required and where qualified.