Hello there!
I am the new Sergeant of the Oneonta State emergency Squad, which is an entirely student-run campus-wide first repsonder squad. We tend to all emergencies on campus, and our city fire department transports pt's to the hospital.
As we are not Student Association- funded, we are severely lacking in money. While we get paid for all medical supplies by the student health center, we are in deparate need of other items as well. We have 4 rip-resistant jackets with reflective bands and a reflective star of life on the back...however they have been around almost as long as the squad has and the reflective bits are tearing off and the jackets look terrible. They are also dark blue and black and we are not as visible as we should be in the dark (we learned this when I was directing traffic during a cardiac arrest call that happened in the middle of a road! eek!) We also could use some other items, such as new radios for the officers since 3 out of 5 do not work for long amounts of time off the charger. And by long I mean in excess of about 45 minutes! Our bunkroom has "storage spots" for members to keep bedding, etc...but they are old shelves the college gave us which are falling apart. Not to mention they are not separated into sections and are wide open which causes stuff to fall out all of the time and we end up with piles of crap on the floor.
If anyone knows either a company who would be willing to help us out or some awesome fundraising ideas it would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
OSES 66/5
I am the new Sergeant of the Oneonta State emergency Squad, which is an entirely student-run campus-wide first repsonder squad. We tend to all emergencies on campus, and our city fire department transports pt's to the hospital.
As we are not Student Association- funded, we are severely lacking in money. While we get paid for all medical supplies by the student health center, we are in deparate need of other items as well. We have 4 rip-resistant jackets with reflective bands and a reflective star of life on the back...however they have been around almost as long as the squad has and the reflective bits are tearing off and the jackets look terrible. They are also dark blue and black and we are not as visible as we should be in the dark (we learned this when I was directing traffic during a cardiac arrest call that happened in the middle of a road! eek!) We also could use some other items, such as new radios for the officers since 3 out of 5 do not work for long amounts of time off the charger. And by long I mean in excess of about 45 minutes! Our bunkroom has "storage spots" for members to keep bedding, etc...but they are old shelves the college gave us which are falling apart. Not to mention they are not separated into sections and are wide open which causes stuff to fall out all of the time and we end up with piles of crap on the floor.
If anyone knows either a company who would be willing to help us out or some awesome fundraising ideas it would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
OSES 66/5