Crisis Training Held On Campus
In order to ensure the safety of everyone on campus the administration held a specialized crisis training for thirty members of the faculty/staff on August 14.
“We recognize that in this day and age we need to be as prepared as possible to handle a crisis,” said Jose E. Roca, principal. “We are very lucky to have an alumnus come work with our faculty/staff and provide both specialized and generic training. No one wants to be faced with a crisis but in the event that one presents itself we now are more ready to handle it.”
The specialized training included a staged scenario involving four actual students that represented different levels of injuries. The faculty/staff members had to assess the situation, administer tourniquets, and pack a wound.
“This was extremely important,” said Theology Department Chair Kathleen Mackle. “The more training we have, the better. We want to do the most we can to protect and help our students and this preparation will help us feel more confident in an emergency situation.”
The entire faculty/staff will receive an abridged training on August 17. Training will also continue throughout the academic year and drills will also be performed involving the entire student body.
“It was imperative that we do this training. Not to foster paranoia but to foster preparation,” said Belen Alumnus Lt. Cesar Moreton ’94 who is a State Fire Rescue and SWAT Medic. “We went over tourniquet application, assessing a patient for massive bleeding, taking care of the bleeding in a safe environment, clearing the airway, and taking the person to a safe area.”
BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba by Queen Isabel II of Spain. The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline. In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the School property and expelled the Jesuit faculty. The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow. Today, Belen Jesuit sits on a 30-acre site in western Dade County, only minutes away from downtown Miami.