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SUGGESTIONS FOR F~S WEEK ACTIVITIES <br /> <br /> - SHOPPING MALLS DISPLAYS with photographs of emergency <br /> procedures, helicopter and ambulance exhibits in parking lots <br /> and booths with emergency personnel handing out materials <br /> and answering questions. <br /> <br />- 'BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS may be conducted in conjunction with open <br /> houses and tours or arranged as a drive through blood pressure <br /> check. <br /> <br />- HEALTH FAIRS including hospital and booths at community or <br /> county fairs. <br /> <br />- CLASSROOM TOURS AND TALKS in which students may tour an <br /> emergency department as a field trip and emergency department <br /> personnel may visit schools to talk about F~S. <br /> <br /> S~ULATED ~ERGENCY DEPARTMENT including life-size photographs <br /> of an emergency department and its staff in a mall. Shoppers <br /> walk through the exhibit and learn what to expect and who they <br /> would see during a visit to the emergency department. <br /> <br /> GA~ OF LIFE is similar to the simulated emergency department. <br /> Shoppers in a mall spin a large wheel which lands on a specific <br /> emergency illness or injury. The "patient" then walks through <br /> the emergency department experiencing the questions asked and <br /> the type of treatment provided for the particular emergency <br /> situation. Explanations can be provided through written mater- <br /> ials in the exhibit thus reducing the number of personnel to <br /> staff the exhibit. The same arrangement would be utilized by <br /> ambulance providers and rescue squads. <br /> <br />- POSTER CONTEST in which children are invited to design posters <br /> depicting F~ and the entries can be displayed in hospitals <br /> or shopping malls. Winners could receive small trophies or <br /> prizes. Judges could include emergency department physicians <br /> and nurses, hospital administrators and F~Ts. In order to <br /> receive media coverage, the judges might also include a media <br /> representative. <br /> <br />- VIP TOUR of the hospital emergency department, rescue squad <br /> ~-~es, or ambulance base. Local elected officials, com- <br /> munity leaders and a media representative should be included <br /> in the tour group. <br /> <br /> MOCK ~ERGENCIES in which local people play out a scenario of <br /> a medical emergency. <br /> <br /> HANDOUTS such as bookmarks with poison charts on them, medical <br /> consent cards for minors and charts with First Aid tips. <br /> <br /> <br />