First Aid Volunteer Instructions - Revision history

Lia: Radio protocol

2025-07-15T20:27:15Z

Radio protocol

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 If you can't stay awake for your night shift, you should consider drinking coffee/tea/red bull, eating raw cacao beans, or running around in circles singing at the top of your lungs with the windows open.
 '''Responding to Calls'''
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 Be sure to make it clear on the radio when you are responding to a call - this keeps both the callers and your partner in the loop.
-At the end of your shift, make a report over the radio of what happened on your shift - the leads and soups are listening. Report back to the Radio Station to return your radio.
+At the end of your shift, sign out over radio. Write down any ongoing issues on the whiteboard at First Aid headquarters. Report back to the Radio Station to return your radio.
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Lia at 17:45, 22 June 2025

2025-06-22T17:45:42Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:45, 22 June 2025
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	The Core Leads for Firefly First Aid in 2025 are Lia Rudolph, Julie Cannon, and Kalmen Barkin		The Core Leads for Firefly First Aid in 2025 are Lia Rudolph, Julie Cannon, and Kalmen Barkin

	Go-Bags will be in the First Aid Tent behind Ranger HQ		Go-Bags will be on the shelves in the First Aid Tent, across the path from Radios, which is behind Ranger HQ. These are bags with basic supplies to use on your shift. Take one at the start of your shift, check the supplies, and adjust the contents based on what you are comfortable using. Return it to the tent at the end of your shift, after taking out any trash.

	~~This year we will have~~ bags with basic supplies to use on your shift. Take one at the start of your shift and ~~restock~~ it at the end ~~for the next volunteer~~.

	~~Staffing- Schedules will be posted at the First Aid tent~~

	Each 8 hour shift has 2-3 First Aid volunteers on duty. The volunteers are a team and respond together for any significant call. As long as you can wake up by a call on the radio, it is fine to sleep on the overnight shifts.		Each 8 hour shift has 2-3 First Aid volunteers on duty. The volunteers are a team and respond together for any significant call. As long as you can wake up by a call on the radio, it is fine to sleep on the overnight shifts.
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	Unlicensed volunteers are paired up with our more experienced volunteers. This way, if they have a question or are uncertain how to respond to a participant's complaint, they can refer to their partner for assistance.		Unlicensed volunteers are paired up with our more experienced volunteers. This way, if they have a question or are uncertain how to respond to a participant's complaint, they can refer to their partner for assistance.

	Supervisors		Supervisors are on duty from 10a to 10a

	On duty from 10a to 10a

	The supervisor has 2 main jobs:		The supervisor has 2 main jobs:
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	Volunteers can call the Soup (FFFA supervisor) via radio. Soups may appear on scene from out of thin air if they find a certain call alarming or curious. Poof!		Volunteers can call the Soup (FFFA supervisor) via radio. Soups may appear on scene from out of thin air if they find a certain call alarming or curious. Poof!

	Shifts		'''Shifts'''

	The shift hours are as follows:		The shift hours are as follows:
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	The night shift doesn't need to be awake during their shift. However, they do need to be arousable by radio.		The night shift doesn't need to be awake during their shift. However, they do need to be arousable by radio.



	If you can't stay awake for your night shift, you should consider drinking coffee/tea/red bull, eating raw cacao beans, or running around in circles singing at the top of your lungs with the windows open.		If you can't stay awake for your night shift, you should consider drinking coffee/tea/red bull, eating raw cacao beans, or running around in circles singing at the top of your lungs with the windows open.

	Responding to Calls		'''Responding to Calls'''

	Pick up your radio at the beginning of your shift from the Radio Station, behind Ranger HQ. Go to the First Aid Tent next door, where you will hopefully meet your partner/s for the shift and pick up a bag of supplies to carry. Ask for radio training at Rangers, if needed. Keep your radio on and at sufficient volume - this can change if you go to a dancefloor! Walk around and enjoy the event (sober, please) or hang out in the First Aid tent, your choice, just be ready to go to the location of an injury or the First Aid Tent, if you get a call.		Pick up your radio at the beginning of your shift from the Radio Station, behind Ranger HQ. Go to the First Aid Tent next door, where you will hopefully meet your partner/s for the shift and pick up a bag of supplies to carry. Ask for radio training at Rangers, if needed. Keep your radio on and at sufficient volume - this can change if you go to a dancefloor! Walk around and enjoy the event (sober, please) or hang out in the First Aid tent, your choice, just be ready to go to the location of an injury or the First Aid Tent, if you get a call.



	You can roam around with or without your partner for your shift. But you must be able to hear your radio (so avoid standing next to those loud rave party sound systems!) and no ear plugs if you take a nap.		You can roam around with or without your partner for your shift. But you must be able to hear your radio (so avoid standing next to those loud rave party sound systems!) and no ear plugs if you take a nap.
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	Sending Participants to the Hospital
			'''Sending Participants to the Hospital'''

	If you feel a Firefly needs to go to the hospital, radio for the Soup.		If you feel a Firefly needs to go to the hospital, radio for the Soup.
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	Any Participant who needs to exit for health reasons is permitted to return to the event, and their transport people are also permitted to return. First Aid volunteers should radio Gate and let them know the names and numbers of participants who are leaving to clear them for re-entry.		Any Participant who needs to exit for health reasons is permitted to return to the event, and their transport people are also permitted to return. First Aid volunteers should radio Gate and let them know the names and numbers of participants who are leaving to clear them for re-entry.

			'''Resources'''

	Resources

	First Aid keeps a variety of tools for firefly participants to self administer if they felt they needed it.		First Aid keeps a variety of tools for firefly participants to self administer if they felt they needed it.
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	\|Antiseptic soap and wash bottles for cleaning		\|Antiseptic soap and wash bottles for cleaning
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	Legal Issues		Extra supplies are in the clear tote bin in the First Aid Tent.


			'''Legal Issues'''

	Few, if any, of our FFFA volunteers are licensed to practice in the state of Vermont.		Few, if any, of our FFFA volunteers are licensed to practice in the state of Vermont.
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	Section 2: Common and/or Concerning Complaints
			'''Section 2: Common and/or Concerning Complaints'''



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	* Anxiety, confusion, sense of impending doom		* Anxiety, confusion, sense of impending doom

	If anaphylaxis is suspected, the participant needs to be seen by the EMTs immediately. They have epi-pens and will arrange transport off-site for the participant.		If anaphylaxis is suspected, the participant needs to be seen by the EMTs immediately. They have epi-pens and will arrange transport off-site for the participant.

			'''Foreign Body in Eye'''

			Take a look at the eye. If you see a small thing stuck on the surface of the eye, you may help the participant to gently flush the object out with our sealed, sterile Eye Wash bottles. Do not use a bottle with a broken seal. Do not pick the object out with a towel, gauze, tweezers, your fingernails, or your tongue. If the object will not move out of the eye, send them to EMS. If there is no visible object, tell the participant that scratches on the surface of the eye often feel like an object, and tell them to wait and see if it feels better in a few minutes. If it does not, send them to EMS. Throw the opened wash bottle away if the participant does not want to keep the remainder for themselves - they are One Time Use.

			'''Minor Skin Breaking (Cuts, pokes, scrapes, splinters)'''

			We have a wide variety of gauze, bandaids, tape, and occlusive dressings. If the participant has a splinter, they may use the tweezers on top of the black box in the tent - please clean them with hand sanitizer before and after. The participant should clean the wound with Hibiclens antiseptic soap (just a little goes a long way) and water. We have wash bottles which may be filled with clean drinking water at rangers - please fill only as much as you need, and dump the bottle when done. Mold grows fast on warm days. Allow the wound to dry or use a gauze square, then the participant may bandage and apply antibiotic ointment as they prefer.

	'''Ticks'''		'''Ticks'''
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	Ticks are common at Firefly.		Ticks are common at Firefly.

	We stock tweezers and tick spoons to teach participants to be self reliant in tick removal.		We stock tweezers and tick spoons to teach participants to be self reliant in tick removal. Tip: A small piece of tape applied to the handle of the spoon, sticky side flap hanging over the bowl of the spoon, can help catch the tick as it comes free of the skin.

	There are a variety of folk remedies which are more-or-less useless.		There are a variety of folk remedies which are more-or-less useless.
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	* Muscle twitches		* Muscle twitches
	* Hyperreflexia		* Hyperreflexia
	~~'''Respiratory Distress'''~~

	'''Respiratory Distress'''		'''Respiratory Distress'''

Lia: i did what i had to

2025-06-11T12:10:44Z

i did what i had to

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Lia at 00:17, 14 April 2025

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 Firefly First Aid
-Assist fellow participants in removing their own splinters and helping figure out if they need to go to the EMT tent.
+Assist fellow participants in removing their own splinters, finding the first aid supplies, and helping figure out if they need to go to the EMT tent.
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 # always sober for our entire shift
 # sober for an adequate amount of hours before our shift
-# licensed professional volunteers (MD, DO, PA, NP, RN, Paramedic, EMT, Medic)
+# licensed professional volunteers (MD, DO, PA, NP, RN, Paramedic, EMT, Armed Forces Medic)
 # unlicensed volunteers (including CNAs, those with Wilderness Medicine First Responders training and experience, First Aid and CPR training, etc...)
-The Core Lead for Firefly First Aid  in 2019 is Lia Rudolph RN-BSN
+The Core Leads for Firefly First Aid in 2025 are Lia Rudolph, Julie Cannon, and Kalmen Barkin
 Go-Bags will be in the First Aid Tent behind Ranger HQ
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-The night shift doesn't need to be awake during their shift. However, they do need to be arousable by radio, and they need to let both their supervisor and Khaki know the location of their tent, so they may be found if a call comes in.
 If you can't stay awake for your night shift, you should consider drinking coffee/tea/red bull, eating raw cacao beans, or running around in circles singing at the top of your lungs with the windows open.
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 At the end of your shift, report back to the Ranger Station to return your radio and report on any continuing issues to the next shift.
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