Protest Medic training in Syracuse from Friday to Sunday, February 8-10

For more info, contact Chris at: (585) 489-5796

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"What every protester should know"

This 3-hour workshop provides practical information on taking care of
yourself and your friends if you plan to attend protest events. While
the
focus will be on street protests (in cities), much of the material may
also be applicable to backwoods situations.

I cover: preparing for actions (what to bring and wear), personal care,
affinity group safety considerations, weather-related hazards, chemical
weapons exposure, managing and treating stress, detox and aftercare,
and
your questions. Includes a 16 page guide. This training was written by
Bounce and Bee, I am continually re-writing it.

"Affinity Group Medic Training"

(8+ hours: 1 whole day or two 4 hour sessions). Space may be limited to
20
people (depending on # of co-trainers). Street Medics can't be
everywhere
all the time. Affinity Group Medics (AGMs) are so very needed in this
movement of break away snake marches and midnight direct actions.
Affinity
groups should consider having at least two people go through this
training. Knowing how to treat people you know when they are hurt and
being treated in the streets by someone you know is an awesome form of
direct action. In this training we teach the *basic* skills and
knowledge
to work in the streets as AGMs, including: basic first aid (from
scrapes
to broken bones and calling 911 for emergencies), weather-related
injuries, chemical weapons treatments, affinity group structure, AGM
field
tactics, health and safety, and more! We use LOTS of role plays and
practical scenarios.

This is a hands-on workshop with lots of information, very important
for
ALL affinity groups. (NOTE: The AGM training is *not* a Street Medic
training - that takes twice as long, but *basic* is where everybody
needs
to start). This training was written by Bounce and I.

"Basic Street Medic Training"

(19-24hrs: two days at least, 3 preferred) Space may be limited to 20
people (depending on # of co-trainers). This training is for folks
considering participating at demos as marked Street Medics – or for
folks
who just want basic skills for use in your daily lives and communities.
The format is highly interactive, including

presentation of information, practice scenarios and role plays. We
cover
Basic Street First Aid (from treating bleeding wounds to splinting
sprains
and breaks to calling 911 for emergencies), Weather-Related Injuries,
Street Operations Tactics, Initial Patient Assessment, Psychological
First
Aid, Chemical Weapons treatments and Aftercare, and Stress Management
(CISM, PTSD see below) and Treatment. We can also provide Skills
Evaluations for folks who want them. This training was written by
Bounce
and I.

"Basic First Aid"

3+ hours. It is based on Red Cross First Aid protocols.

"Training to be a Street Medic Trainer"

I have been working with folks on the tour this summer and fall to
teach
new trainers what we have learned. Most of what trainers learn happens
in
the actual training, but it's good to have separate time to practice
and
critique and discuss what we are doing. Folks should consider helping
out
with some of my and other trainers’ future trainings.

"Stress Management, Critical Incident Stress and Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder"

This is a training in-progress. I feel like I could talk for days about
stress. But 2-4 hours should do it.
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These trainings have been developed in accordance with protocols used
by
North East Action Medics Association (NEAMA), the Black Cross
Healthcare
Collective, and Colorado Street Medics, CISM, PTSD in accordance to
protocols used by the International Critical Incident Stress
Foundation.
My outlines have been developed with feedback from trainers, with
members
of these groups, and folks who have taken the training and given
feedback.
I can provide references from these groups if you want to have folks
vouch
for us in terms of our training, skills and experience.

WHY DO I DO THIS?

I ask myself this more and more each training, but it some down to the
fact that I love to talk about first aid and health-related issues –
and
am constantly trying to soak up information about this from other
people.
I see basic first aid and health & safety skills as necessary to
strengthening movements for social change and sustaining radical
communities. It's amazing to watch folks learn skills and information
to
take healthcare into our own hands and have more knowledge of what to
do
in the case of emergencies (even if that's just recognizing an
emergency
and acting by calling 911). I would love even just to sit down with
y'all
and help you start up (or revive) a local medical group, and talk about
how to set up medical for an event, demonstration, gear to wear, where
folks have found their snazzy medic outfits, supplies, etc.

In addition to my medic mania, my and other trainers experiences on the
streets have led us to seek better connections with other folks
providing
infrastructural support to the movement and with what folks are doing
in
their daily lives in their communities. We hope that through our
ongoing
conversations with activists at gatherings and hopefully at a medic
training in your town/region we can work to strengthen and sustain the
work that we're all doing! There's a focus in these three trainings on
street and mass actions. And that is because it's what the medics with
experience know well - not what we necessarily see as the most
important
aspects of current movements. I have worked to build networks among
medics
through creating NEAMA, being part of Action Medical and ongoing
conversations with medics from around the US and Canada and looking to
go
beyond. I want to bridge that work and have more sustainable,
alternative
health care for activists and for communities on the local level. I
want
to be a part of building better, more effective organizing in movements
in
general. For these reasons, I see the trainings provided as only one
part
of what I hope to see happen when we come to your town. I also look
forward to meeting folks, hearing what y'all are doing, continuing
conversations about problems and sticking points folks are experiencing
in
organizing, and seeing the sights (if we have time)!!

WHO AM I?

Adrianne Ace Allen is a medic from the former NorthEast Action Medics
Association (NEAMA). I am a street medic trainers, (new to being)
conference clinicians, and Action-Medical organizers. I have extensive
experience in organizing and facilitation. I was a community
organizer/activist in eastside of Syracuse, NY for 7 years. I have over
two and a half years of experience as a street medic at demonstrations
and
gatherings, is Red Cross First Aid Certified, and completed a course on
Critical Incident Stress Management and Individual and Peer Support. I
have attended, assisted and co-facilitated countless street medic
(basic
and intermediate) and trainings (by Pavlos, Doc Rosen, Doctor of
Chinese
Herbal Medicine, Michael Gregor, MD, James Creedon, paramedic, Mo,
Brian
Dominick EMT-B, Catherine Dardaris). I have also been to some herbal
trainings by Famous. I spent a month at Farm Sanctuary learning animal
healthcare.