"A Crash Course for the Motorcyclist:" at Battle Creek Harley-Davidson

Event date: 
Sun, 01/26/2025 - 9:00am to 5:00pm

Upon completion of this instructor led course, the student will be able to:

  1. Use P.A.C.T. to determine priorities while approaching a crash scene
  2. Explain the importance of having both knowledge and supplies to assist at a scene
  3. Give examples of how Good Samaritan Laws work and what constitutes “Gross Negligence”
  4. Explain personal protection and cross-contamination
  5. Give 3 examples of traffic control techniques
  6. Verbalize how to get an injured person out from underneath a motorcycle
  7. Explain how and when to move an injured person
  8. Use assessment skills to gather information critical to determining the severity of the injuries and gather information for the EMS
  9. Explain the importance of the mechanisms of injury as it relates to injuries
10. Verbalize what information is important to relay to the EMS
11. Demonstrate how to do a rapid head-to-toe assessment using ABCSS of trauma to determine the priorities of treatment
12. Explain how to perform Jaw Thrust rescue breathing to open an airway in trauma
13. Explain how to determine if a person is breathing and how to rescue breath for them if it is determined that they are not breathing on their own.
14. Verbalize 4 ways to control bleeding
15. Verbalize 3 kinds of shock & which one you have the most control over at a crash scene
16. Explain why less movement of the spine is better.

Event location:
5738 Beckley Rd
Battle Creek MI 49015

Closed Event: Chapter activities are conducted primarily for the benefit of H.O.G. Chapter members. Closed Events are those events open to Chapter members and one guest per member.

Photography Policy: Photographing, filming, recording and videotaping of activities and events will be occurring DEV - Capitol Area Chapter events. By entering the H.O.G.® event area, you irrevocably grant permission to the Harley-Davidson Motor Company® and its agents to photograph, film, record and/or videotape you and use (and authorize the use of) your name, image, likeness, voice, and/or biographical or other information in any and all media now known or hereinafter developed in perpetuity for any and all purposes.

Event Coordinator: 
Terry "Cheezer" Grost
Director/Road Captain

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