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Getting Health & Safety Messages to Stick Sample Staff Training Schedules Half Day (4 hours): • Module 1: Camp Health Care — The Basics (½ hour) • Health care staff • Location of health center • Basic health care policies • Module 2: Camp Health Care — Policies/Procedures (1½ hours) • Health screening • Standing orders and treatment • Medication management • Documentation management • Module 3: Camp Health Care — Your Role (1½ hours) • Prevention ƒƒ How the camp communicates with parents BEFORE camp ƒƒ Camper supervision ƒƒ Staying “present” ƒƒWhat the research tells us about injury and illness prevention in camps • Response ƒƒWho can provide treatment? ƒƒ Things to consider related to injury/illness response ŠŠStay calm ŠŠProtect privacy ŠŠDocument • Follow-up ƒƒ Incident reporting ƒƒ Equipment/supply restocking ƒƒ Debriefing • Q & A (½ hour) 34 CAMPING magazine • March/April 2014 Full Day (7–8 hours): • Module 1: Camp Health Care — The Basics (1 hour) • Health care staff • Location of health center • Basic health care policies • Health center tour • Realities of camp health care — what are we likely to experience this summer? • Module 2: Camp Health Care — Policies/Procedures (2 hours) • Health screening • Standing orders and treatment • Medication management • Documentation management • Module 3: Camp Health Care — Your Role (3 hours) • Prevention ƒƒ How the camp communicates with parents BEFORE camp ƒƒ Camper supervision ƒƒ Staying “present” ƒƒWhat the research tells us about injury and illness prevention in camps • Response ƒƒWho can provide treatment? ƒƒ Things to consider related to injury/illness response ŠŠStay calm ŠŠProtect privacy ŠŠDocument • Follow-up ƒƒ Incident reporting ƒƒ Equipment/supply restocking ƒƒ Debriefing • Scenarios/Simulations and Discussion (1 ½ hours) • Q & A (1 hour) Additional Considerations/Opportunities: • Topic of the day: Fifteen to thirty minutes at the end of a meal (e.g. breakfast) each day during training, devoted to a specific topic related to health and safety at camp • Scheduled daily scenarios: A scheduled time each day to provide hands-on experience dealing with scenarios related to health and safety • Random daily scenarios: At times not communicated to staff


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