Crash Scene Safety Instruction

Specialties

The goal of CSSI is to teach individuals to safely deal with the chaos of a crash scene. CSSI students learn how to recognize scene hazards and to protect themselves and others from those hazards; how to approach, assess, and care for injured persons; how to access (communicate with) the EMS to get the correct response (to ensure an appropriate medical team response), and how to assist Emergency Medical Services' personnel when they arrive to care for and transport the injured (at the scene). This is done by using text (written materials), multi-media presentations, and hands-on skilled training, and by providing (offering) trauma care kits, scene safety kits and on-scene management tools.