Preparations Underway for the 6th Annual Keyport First Aid Cadet Competition to Be Held June 8, 2019

Preparations are underway for the 6th Annual Keyport First Aid Cadet Competition to be held June 8, 2019 at Keyport High School, according to Keyport First Aid Chief Ken Krohe, who heads up the event. The event will feature upwards of 160 young future EMS providers in a series of skills competitions to test their basic and advance emergency medical service capabilities. Competitors will participate in skill events such as taking a patient’s vital signs, handling cardiac arrests, CPR, splinting, patient assessment and removing patients from motor vehicle wrecks. “Every year the competition grows, the number of participants increases and their skill levels get better and better,” says Krohe, who leads a team of area adult first responders in producing the Cadet Competition. Teams are expected to arrive on the evening of June 7, where they’ll take part in an educational session and then spent the night on site. Some will experience what it is like to live in emergency tent housing supplied by the New Jersey EMS Task Force. The actual competition, set for June 8, is designed to present competitors with realistic scenario simulations which test their abilities and develop teamworking techniques, while also creating real-time learning situations. In addition to taking part in the skills tests, competitors will be able to explore assets and experience equipment from the New Jersey EMS Task Force, the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office and Monmouth Ocean Hospit...
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