Improvised Explosive Devices By Kerry Sauvé


This month topic explores one that‘s been in the media a great deal recently; terrorism and Improvised Explosive Devices (IED‘s). It‘s not a topic one normally associates with our part of the world, which is why it becomes all the more important to discuss. Bomb threats, Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices and Suicide Bombers are very real threats and pose problems when planning for our safety and security.


Here in North America we seem to believe that we are far removed from the problems of terrorism (foreign or domestic), or becoming the target for a madman. We have selective amnesia and choose to forget Ted Kozinkski (The Unabomber), or Timothy McVeigh (Oklahoma City) and more recently 911. We‘ve also have plenty of local examples to choose from; (FLQ, Locharbie, Pan Am 147, Hells Angels v Rock Machine). The use of explosive devices as weapons of terror and intimidation will occur again. It‘s not a matter of if, but when. This begs the question what can we do to prevent it, or at least reduce the odds of it happening to us? The facts are; we are soft targets. The very nature of our society ensures this. Everything from the places we do business to the places we shop and congregate are vulnerable to this type of threat.


The reality is there is nothing we can do to prevent it. What we need to focus on is vigilance and planning. We need to be vigilant for signs that an incident is imminent in order to be able to safely evacuate the area and alert the authorities. We also have to have a plan for how to respond when it does happen. If I can stress nothing else when it comes to this type of situation it‘s this…assume nothing. You have no idea how many devices have been deployed or their effective blast range, how they will be detonated or if secondary explosions are planned. Your goal is to evacuate to place of safety well outside the blast zone quickly and efficiently. Touch nothing; simply leave and contact the authorities from a place of safety.


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Hear It! Study Examines Benefits and ROI Derived from Providing Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® Training


Dr. Sally Gillam, Chief Nursing Officer at St. David's South Austin Medical Center in Texas wanted to scientifically identify "What benefits are derived from providing Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® training to ED personnel to reduce violent events that are manifested as code purples?" to definitely come up with a cost versus benefit analysis. The results of the study:


For each 1% increase in staff Nonviolent Crisis Intervention®-trained in the previous 90 days, it resulted in a linear reduction of .045 code purples for 1000 ED visits. So it doesn't sound like a lot when you see it like that, but these numbers add up--as the staff are trained, and you pick an emergency department that sees about 75,000 patients, it adds up. In our case, it resulted in a 23% reduction in code purples over the study period. In other words, Dr. Gilliam‘s study showed that implementing this education, as it existed then, meaning the every-two-year training, I was able to reduce 23% of code purples over the study period, and that was a whole year.


Source: http://www.crisisprevention.com Podcast: http://traffic.libsyn.com/unrestrained/CPI-Unrestrained-0014.mp3


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