First Evening of next week's activities at ASLC

Folks,

We have a whole evening of events scheduled for the evenings of next week – some of the events are totally kid-friendly.   I mean, kids are certainly welcome to all events, but some of them are specifically designed for our young people (and others)…   Friday evenings water gun fight!    C’mon… you know you wanna come & play!!

We’re starting off with something a little serious, but hopefully very helpful to all:

 ASLC, Monday evening, the 29^th of July, 7:30PM.   Preparedness” evening.

What this evening is NOT:  

A class to learn about CPR or any first aid skills

A class on preparing a Bug-Out Bag – This event we already did back last year I think

What this evening WILL BE:

            Certainly to let people know the importance of knowing CPR, and the methods to stop bleeding, etc.    But primarily –

            What to expect in terms of physical injuries during crisis events

            What to expect in terms of psychological effects, psychological inoculation/mitigation against effects of crisis

To give a start-point for to emotional/physical preparedness for disaster (whether local-like house fire, or larger-like natural disaster)

Help in remaining calm during crisis, and be better able to help others  

    

We’ll be going over (in a general sense):

-          Typical human physical and psychological reactions to crisis

-          What people might face in crisis events

-          How we can help our family and friends in a crisis by operating in a calm and clear manner.  

In crises, people face physical issues such as an assortment of injuries, or the possibility of infections an open wound might acquire, but we are also susceptible to an array of psychological effects- both in the short term, but also in the long term

Guests

I’ve invited a former Howard County Paramedic (30+ years experience) to share on physical issues people might face in events (both man-mad and natural):

What kind of injuries might be experienced

What we as family members/friends/bystanders might want to know regarding first aid

What our external resources are besides our own family care physician  

    

And I’ve also invited to therapists who between them have many decades of experience to share on the psychological side of events:

            What might be some psychological effects of an event like this on a person’s psyche

            How one can mitigate these events, etc.

Hope to see you there