2019 Bayshore Cadet Competition
NJ, NY EMS cadets test their skills during annual Bayshore challenge
Submitted by, Sylvie Mulvaney.
KEYPORT, NJ: Approximately 160 youth from New Jersey and New York volunteer emergency medical organizations competed in the June 8 Bayshore EMS Cadet/Youth Competition here. The event was sponsored by the Keyport First Aid Squad and the EMS Council of New Jersey (EMSCNJ), which represents approximately 17,000 EMS volunteers affiliated with more than 260 EMS agencies throughout the state.
The 6th annual event challenged 40 cadet teams with basic and advanced skills in various patient-care situations. The basic teams tested their skills at CPR, defibrillator use, hemorrhage control, oxygen administration, splinting, bandaging and vital signs stations. Advanced-team scenarios included trauma and cardiac patients and a motor vehicle collision with entrapped victims. Advanced teams were judged on patient assessment and proper equipment use -- backboard, orthopedic/scoop, traction splint, cervical collar and accessories, oxygen, assisting with nitroglycerin administration, obtaining vital signs, CPR and airway management. The teams worked with local extrication groups during the car crash scenarios.
Winners of the basic-level competition:
1st Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps (NY)
2nd Keyport First Aid Squad (NJ) (Bravo Team)
3rd Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps (Bravo Team)
Winners of the advanced-level competition:
1st Keansburg EMS (NJ)
2nd Cranford First Aid Squad (NJ) (Charlie Team)
3rd Cranford First Aid Squad (NJ) (Alpha Team)
The Hazlet First Aid & Rescue Squad won the Walter McKinley Memorial Award for best overall team.
During his more than 60 years in volunteer EMS, McKinley served as president of the New Jersey State First Aid Council/EMSCNJ in the late 1970s and as a chaplain for the organization for many years. He also served on the Hazlet First Aid & Rescue Squad for 58 years, and was a member of the Keyport First Aid Squad. McKinley passed away in 2017. His daughter, Karen Serbe, presented the trophy to the Hazlet team's cadet adviser, Kerri Redden
The day's activities also included tours of a mobile simulation lab, a mass casualty ambulance bus and a sheriff's department communications vehicle.
The 90-year-old nonprofit New Jersey State First Aid Council, now doing business as the EMS Council of New Jersey represents approximately 17,000 EMS volunteers and more than 260 EMS agencies throughout the Garden State.
Photos by Sylvie Mulvaney/EMSCNJ
Extrication photos by Richard Huff
Submitted by, Sylvie Mulvaney.
KEYPORT, NJ: Approximately 160 youth from New Jersey and New York volunteer emergency medical organizations competed in the June 8 Bayshore EMS Cadet/Youth Competition here. The event was sponsored by the Keyport First Aid Squad and the EMS Council of New Jersey (EMSCNJ), which represents approximately 17,000 EMS volunteers affiliated with more than 260 EMS agencies throughout the state.
The 6th annual event challenged 40 cadet teams with basic and advanced skills in various patient-care situations. The basic teams tested their skills at CPR, defibrillator use, hemorrhage control, oxygen administration, splinting, bandaging and vital signs stations. Advanced-team scenarios included trauma and cardiac patients and a motor vehicle collision with entrapped victims. Advanced teams were judged on patient assessment and proper equipment use -- backboard, orthopedic/scoop, traction splint, cervical collar and accessories, oxygen, assisting with nitroglycerin administration, obtaining vital signs, CPR and airway management. The teams worked with local extrication groups during the car crash scenarios.
Winners of the basic-level competition:
1st Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps (NY)
2nd Keyport First Aid Squad (NJ) (Bravo Team)
3rd Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps (Bravo Team)
Winners of the advanced-level competition:
1st Keansburg EMS (NJ)
2nd Cranford First Aid Squad (NJ) (Charlie Team)
3rd Cranford First Aid Squad (NJ) (Alpha Team)
The Hazlet First Aid & Rescue Squad won the Walter McKinley Memorial Award for best overall team.
During his more than 60 years in volunteer EMS, McKinley served as president of the New Jersey State First Aid Council/EMSCNJ in the late 1970s and as a chaplain for the organization for many years. He also served on the Hazlet First Aid & Rescue Squad for 58 years, and was a member of the Keyport First Aid Squad. McKinley passed away in 2017. His daughter, Karen Serbe, presented the trophy to the Hazlet team's cadet adviser, Kerri Redden
The day's activities also included tours of a mobile simulation lab, a mass casualty ambulance bus and a sheriff's department communications vehicle.
The 90-year-old nonprofit New Jersey State First Aid Council, now doing business as the EMS Council of New Jersey represents approximately 17,000 EMS volunteers and more than 260 EMS agencies throughout the Garden State.
Photos by Sylvie Mulvaney/EMSCNJ
Extrication photos by Richard Huff
Milltown Rescue Squad cadets try using different tourniquets on EMT Andy Caruso, deputy EMS coordinator with the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office.
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Milltown Rescue Squad cadet Kyle Blackmire, 17, left, practices his tourniquet skills on squad member Dan Selover, 22.
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Bravo Volunteer Ambulance (Brooklyn) adviser and paramedic student Kara Furey-Lessen offers intubation tips as (L-R) Sebastian Mularczyk, Victoria Kapusi and Elizabeth Kapusi, all 16, take turns with a manikin.
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Cranford Rescue Squad Advanced Team cadets (L-R) Parth Shah, 18, Mikaylee Grohol, 16, and Michelle Carneiro, 17, prepare to apply a hare traction splint.
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(photos by Richard Huff)
Cadets practice extrication skills. |
(photos by Richard Huff)
Cadets practice extrication skills. |
At the cardiac station, Keyport First Aid Squad cadets (L-R) Brody Sheridan, 12, Alison Sickles, 18, and Vincent Panzarelli, 17, demonstrate their CPR technique.
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Califon First Aid Squad cadets (L-R) Jason Teal, 17, Jayne Teal, 15, Ally Serritella, 15, and Dan Sollacio, 17, apply a splint for “victim” Douglas Graham, 11, of Keyport.
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Cadets and advisers await the start of the awards presentation.
Bravo Volunteer Ambulance practices airway management.
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First place, basic competition: Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps cadets (L-R) Norhane Bentaleb, 16, Emgel Argamonte, 17, and Dalia Chebout, 16.
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Second place, basic competition: Keyport First Aid Squad cadets (L-R) Dante Finley, 14, Sean Paul, 16, and Alyssa Cantres, 14.
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Third place, basic competition: Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps cadets (L-R) Priscilla Lei, 16, Magdalena Mazur, 18, and Sara Diaz, 15.
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First place, advanced competition: Keansburg EMS cadets (L-R) Julia Mendez, Ian Phillips, Grace Hynes and Carriele Parks, all 17.
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Second place, advanced competition: Cranford Rescue Squad cadets (L-R) Mikaylee Grohol, 16, Parth Shah, 18, and Michelle Carneiro, 17.
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Third place, advanced competition: Cranford Rescue Squad cadets (L-R) Alexander Machos, 17, Emma DeBole, 18, Ally Licks, 17, adviser Abe Pritzker, 19, and Caitlin Cook, 17.
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Photo 16 caption:
Karen Serbe presents the Walter McKinley Memorial Award for best overall team to Hazlet First Aid & Rescue Squad Cadet Adviser Kerri Redden. Serbe is McKinley’s daughter. |
