Gallery: CERT training with the Coconino County Sheriff's Office
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Hattie Loper
Staff Photographer
A Disaster Medical Operations class was part of the Community Emergency Response Team training put on by the Coconino County Sheriff's Office on Saturday. The no-cost 20-hour training prepares volunteers to assist in various disasters and emergency situations.
CERT Training
CERT instructor Jean Brown, left, demonstrates how to tie an arm sling on trainee Mikhael Star during a Disaster Medical Operations class as part of the Community Emergency Response Team training put on by the Coconino County Sheriff's Office on Saturday. The no-cost 20-hour training prepares volunteers to assist in various disasters and emergency situations.
CERT Training
CERT instructor Tony Bond talks to a room full of trainees during a Disaster Medical Operations class in the Community Emergency Response Team training put on by the Coconino County Sheriff's Office on Saturday.
CERT Training
Stephanie Ames, left, and Jennifer Snell, right, evaluate "patient" Angie Nez for a possible spinal injury during a simulation in a Disaster Medical Operations class in the Community Emergency Response Team training put on by the Coconino County Sheriff's Office on Saturday.
CERT Training
Carmichael Begay, left, has his simulated humerus fracture immobilized by Susan Carver during a Disaster Medical Operations class in the Community Emergency Response Team training put on by the Coconino County Sheriff's Office on Saturday.
CERT Training
Marvellous Akinola provides first aid to "patient" Mikhael Star for an injured pelvis during a simulation in a Disaster Medical Operations class as part of the Community Emergency Response Team training put on by the Coconino County Sheriff's Office on Saturday.
CERT Training
Celia LaFave, right, practices rendering first aid for John Ciechoski's simulated broken ribs during a Disaster Medical Operations class in the Community Emergency Response Team training put on by the Coconino County Sheriff's Office on Saturday.
CERT Training
Jon Paxton, public information officer and Community Programs planner for the Coconino County Sheriff's Office, talks to trainees during a Disaster Medical Operations class as part of the Community Emergency Response Team training on Saturday.
CERT Training
Trainees and instructors in the Community Emergency Response Team training put on by the Coconino County Sheriff's Office pose on Saturday.
Hattie Loper
Staff Photographer
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