Public Safety

Members of AAACERT participated in an active shooter drill on the Eastern Shore for the Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants on September 27. Using realistic wounds, AAACERT members acted as victims at five stations. Each station focused on a specific wound and or type of care. We love doing this type of event since we get to help train our first responders and healthcare professionals who might one-day save our own lives.

These stations included:

Station #1 CHEST WOUND:  The victim will have an entrance and exit wound.
Station #2 GROIN WOUND:  The victim will have a GSW to the groin requiring the wound to be packed with combat gauze.
Station #3 PRESSURE DRESSING:  The victim will have two GSW’s, one to the upper arm and one to the lower leg.
Station #4. TOURNIQUET:  GSW wounds to both legs, that are actively bleeding.
Station#5 HEAD WOUND:  This will GSW to the head.

The organizer provided the following update on the actor victims.

“I wanted to let you know that Ian, Marilyn, Jane, James and Jeff were absolutely amazing people. The active shooter workshop was a huge success. Everyone at the conference who went through the training are still talking about have great the victims were. They made the scenarios very very realistic. I can’t thank you enough for your assistance and for the help of the 5 above mentioned people.”

Check out our Facebook page for pictures of the event.

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The 2024 Russett Community’s Fall Festival had over 60 vendor tables. AAACERT was honored to be asked to help direct vendor traffic into their assigned spots while keeping pedestrians safe from vehicle traffic. We look forward to helping again next year.

If your community or organization holds similar events and would like trained, traffic, crowed, and/or basic first aid support from our volunteer organization please reach out to certcoordinator@aaacert.org.