N479 Professional Activity Evaluation Form

Name: Alyssa Hall

Activity Date: 9/17/2016 & 10/1/2016

Faculty name: Bev Bias

1. Describe the community service/professional activity/s you attended or participated with

(be specific about the purpose and your role):
My role in the American Red Cross Home Fire Preparedness Campaign was to provide
mobile home residents with education on fire safety. Through this experience, I worked in a team
including 3 American Red Cross volunteers to educate, record, and install fire alarms in an eastside mobile home community. My job of educating residents included reviewing the components
of the fire alarm installed in their home, helping the residents with a fire escape plan based on
the home exits, and provided a brochure to reinforce what the resident was taught about fire
safety.
My role in the Mass Casualty Training was to acquire skills in providing life-saving care
to individuals in emergency situations. This training helped to reinforce my knowledge with the
proper use of tourniquets, packing wounds (such as bullet wounds), and how to react in violent
encounters. This type of training is based on Tactical Combat Casualty Care.
2. Where was this held and what was program/activity length?
The American Red Cross Fire Preparedness Campaign was a 5-hour activity and was held
at Rincon Country Mobile Home Park on the eastside of Tucson, Arizona on September 17,
2016. The Mass Casualty Training was a 4-hour activity and was held at Tucson Fire Department
Station 1 on October 1st, 2016.
3. Discuss the value of this experience to you (be specific).
Both of these experiences have provided me with experience of leadership roles outside
of the hospital setting. The benefits of helping others in the community during the American Red
Cross Fire Preparedness Campaign allowed me to work with other volunteers in reducing fire
disasters within a mobile home community. I have become more confident in my ability to

provide teaching during this activity to residents in the mobile home community. This
opportunity also demonstrated effective teamwork while working with other American Red
Cross volunteers. The Mass Casualty Training helped to prepare critical thinking involving
emergency tactics on civilians outside the hospital who require emergency care. The Mass
Casualty training included lifesaving care through PowerPoints, demonstration of packing bullet
wounds, and applying a tourniquet to a wounded individual. The Mass Casualty training did not
include as much active participation, but I still learned new skills and tactics.
4. Would you recommend this specific community/professional experience in the future;
why or why not?
I would highly recommend the professional activity of working with the American Red
Cross to install fire alarms and prepare mobile home residents. This was an opportunity that
required leadership and teamwork while helping community members. I learned many personal
skills through this activity with teaching and communication with community members.
However, I would not recommend the Mass Casualty Training. I feel that this was a good way to
re-enforce what I can do to provide emergency care to individuals. However, there are other
leadership and professional activities that would be more beneficial and more interactive to
students to enhance learning.
5. Brochure or proof of attendance obtained? Yes, Mass Casualty Training certificate
Signature on validation of clinical hours form obtained? Yes, American Red Cross signature
with coordinator Cheryl Bender.