January: A Month Filled with Action

This month has been filled with a lot of things related to my senior project. First and foremost, I did some mentorship hours in the very beginning of the month. During these hours I helped put fencing back up because it fell due to the thin snow coverage. I also had to pick it back up again because someone came crashing into it and knocked it down. I also helped put up the sight seeing rope to block the snow players from the skiers and snowboarders. I also helped someone in patrol take inventory on the medical supplies to see what we had plenty of and what we needed more of. I also picked up obstacles because the snow coverage is getting thin so there were a lot of rocks. It was a relatively slow time during my mentorship with no injuries or rescues.
Another thing that has happened this month is I finally got my Outdoor Emergency Care Technician certification card. This is really exciting because I first need it for my Independent Component 1 and I get to show it off to my mentor and other fellow patrollers. I'm hoping with this certification and me turning 18 over the summer that I can get a job as patrol at Mt. Baldy or Mountain High for when I come home over breaks or even at a ski resort in Montana.

This is my Outdoor Emergency Care Technician certification card that I got in the mail recently. 

Next, I have been rereading my Outdoor Emergency Care book for extra research to help me out with my 30 minute presentation. I also got another book from the library called Coping with Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury by Barbara Hill and Diane Stoler. This book focuses on concussions and Traumatic brain Injuries that I'm using for regular research checks. I also found a website, http://www.trauma.org that focuses on different types of trauma like thoracic and abdominal trauma.

The new book that I got from the library that focuses on concussions and traumatic brain injuries. 

My Outdoor Emergency Care book that I'm rereading for information for my 30 minute presentation. 

I have also done my third interview. I interviewed Kelly Wolff
and asked her about her experiences being on ski patrol and being a RN. She gave me a lot of great answers and stories that were interesting. I had a great time interviewing her.
I have some plans for the upcoming months. I plan on contacting my OEC instructor, Trevor Samorajski that I also interviewed for the first interview. During the first interview he mentioned that at Mountain High, where he works, they do shadow a patroller days and I would like to participate in at least one of those. I just need to contact him to see when they are.

Blog 12: Third Interview Questions

Due Date:   Thursday January 16th by 8AM

Content:

Post 10 open-ended questions for approval you want to ask an expert in the field of your senior project.  The first question should be your essential question and the other nine must be about the foundation of your essential question or help you answer your essential question.

1. What is the best way to rehabilitate a patient after a traumatic skiing or snowboarding injury?
2. What experiences have you had with patients and traumatic injuries?
3. What steps did you do to ensure the patient was under the best care possible?
4. How would you help the patient with regaining their mental strength after a traumatic injury?

5. How would you help the patient with regaining their physical strength after a traumatic injury? 
6. What experiences have you had with patients getting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD)?
7. What is the best way to help a patient with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD)?

8. What is the most important step in your assessment and management of the patient before you hand them off to a higher level of care?

9. What can you do to ensure that the patient rehabilitates on time?

10. What struggles have you had with helping a patient recover after a traumatic injury? How did you overcome them? 

Blog 11: Mentorship 10 Hours

Due Date:  Friday January 10, 2014 by 8AM.

Content:

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?
I am doing my mentorship at Mt. Baldy Ski Lifts Inc. in the Ski Patrol Department
2.   Who is your contact?
David Mix is my contact. He is the manager of the ski patrol department and my mentor. The ski patrol phone number is: (909) 981-9041
3.   How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in 

your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your 

WB)?   
I have done a total of 36 hours. 
4.   Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.
Well I have completed more than 10 hours, but I do a lot of the same things each time I go to mentorship. So the 36 hours I have done so far has been with On the Hill Day which is reviewing medical and other skills and going over the hill's protocol as a refresher. I have also put up fencing and rope lines to block of dangerous areas and/or closed areas. I have also done inventory on medical supplies and stocked my vest with necessary medical supplies. I also got to take my friend for a "joy ride" in a toboggan. This was just for practice to learn how to properly handle a toboggan. I also picked up a lot of obstacles such as rocks and pine cones so customers don't get hurt while they ski or snowboard. 

5.   Email your house teacher the name of your contact and their phone 

number confirming who they should call to verify it.  




*You need 50 hours plus the original 10 in the summer by May.   The 

original 10 from the summer do not count toward the 50.  By the end of the 

year, you will have 60 hours counting that original 10.

Blog 10: Senior Project: The Holiday

Content:

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you over the break with your senior project?
I worked on my mentorship hours over Christmas break. I put in 27 hours over my break. So I now have 36 hours. 

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did and why?  What was the source of what you learned?
I learned a lot from my mentor. He had me do a lot of new things that I have never done before. I did inventory on medical supplies and stocked my vest with medical supplies. I also put up fencing and rope lines by myself for the first time ever. Out of these things, I think the most important thing I learned was putting up rope lines up by myself because I've always just watched people do it, so this was the first time I got to prove myself and show my mentor that I could use the drill and put the PVC pipes in and do my clove hitches to attach the rope to the PVC pipes. 

3.  If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers of your EQ, who would you talk to and why?
I would either talk to my mentor because he has been the manager of patrol for a few years now and he has been on patrol for a while. If that doesn't work out, I would talk to a former patroller that is now a nurse and works at a volunteer fire department. I would talk to him because he has been in not only the medical field for a long time but also on patrol and he could give me a lot of insight.