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Learning Life-Saving Techniques With Camp 911

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“It’s really fun so we are doing 911 Camp and we are learning CPR,” said one of the participants, Braxton Laclair.

This is the first year Munson Healthcare is hosting Camp 911.

“We are learning what to do in case of an emergency, who to call, and who to help for ask for,” he said.

For some, it’s teaching the next generation of potential EMS workers.

For others, it’s equipping a group of 9-12 year-olds with how to save a life.

“I learned you actually have to push really hard, I didn’t think you have to push really hard, you have to push super, super hard,” said another participant, Matthew Kuigley.

They practice on Anytime Annie’s – donated by the American Heart Association.

Instructors teach them to aim for 100-120 compressions per minute while performing hands-only CPR until EMS arrives – another part of the tour.

“Right now we are taking a tour of the ambulance,” said Laclair.

A sight we’ve almost all seen from the outside…but not the inside.

“There were a lot more things than I thought, I didn’t think there was going to be so many things in there and it’s all cramped, so it’s got to be hard to be in the back of that but it gets from point a to point b, so it’s efficient,” he said.

Around the corner was a tour of another emergency service vehicle typically only seen at a distance.

“This is my first time,” he said. “It’s pretty amazing, I don’t know how the people in the helicopters do it because there’s too many buttons to push, it’s pretty amazing what these people can do, it’s really amazing,”

And actually responding to a real call mid-tour.

“The coolest thing is that I got to see the helicopter take off and I also got to talk with the pilot for quite a while,” said Kuigley.

Whether they pursue a career in emergency medical services or not, now they have a better understanding of how life-saving works and how they could potentially be the person to do it.

“You want to make sure you can help everyone as most as possible, it’s a good skill to have if someone’s out drowning in the bay or something you could help them and save a life instead of being a bystander and watching,” explained Laclair.

“You never know maybe someday I will need to actually do it,” said Kuigley.

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