Camper Safety
What is the truddy rule?
You + two! Must have a staff member in all truddies.
Where do you keep ALL medications (including ibuprofen, birth control, prescription medications)?
Nurses cabin in the staff medication cabinet (code is 8641)
What are our lightning procedures?
No outdoor activities until 30 minutes after the last strike of lightning. If there is another strike of lightning the clock re-sets.
What are inappropriate discipline practices?
Hitting
Spanking
Shaking
Slapping
Using extreme or unreasonable (in length or type) physical exercise as a consequence
Withholding food, light, or medical care
Name-calling
Shoving or pulling hair or ears
Biting
Pinching
Shaming
Derogatory remarks
Ostracizing
Mechanical tape or rope restraints
Angry yelling directed at the consumer
What is the Camp Wood phone policy?
No phone's while on the clock & if off the clock, not in front of the campers.
If spotted on your phone while on the clock, it is first a warning, then it is your phone gets taken away, then it is a write up.
What are bathroom policies for camper group bathroom breaks?
Require employees and volunteers to take groups of two or more consumers to the bathroom – following the “rule of three” or more.
If the bathroom only has one stall, only one consumer should enter the bathroom while the others wait outside with the employee or volunteer.
If there are multiple stalls, only send in as many consumers as there are stalls available for use.
Minimize consumers of different ages using the bathroom at the same time.
Require employees to stand outside the bathroom door but remain within earshot.
Where are the AED's located on camp?
Nurse's Cabin & Waterfront
What is the difference between a tornado watch & a tornado warning?
Watch is the conditions are right for a tornado & a warning is there is an active tornado on the ground.
What are sleeping/cabin procedures for campers & staff?
*Staff & campers should not sit or lie on anyone's bed or be in anyone's sleeping bag.
*Do not leave campers alone during rest time (May be on the porch of the cabin)
*No blankets should be put up blocking view of the bed
*Staff have to be on a bottom bunk
What is the Camp Wood Smoking policy?
NO SMOKING ON CAMP!!!! (this includes cigarettes, vapes, zyn's etc.)
If you are a smoker, you will need to talk to me, Katie or BJ & we will discuss you through the next steps. If you haven't done so yet, you have until the end of this week to do so!
What topics are off limits when talking to or around campers?
Drinking, drugs, sexuality, dating, cults, horror stories or personal lives of staff
Name 5 locations of a first aid kit.
Ritchie Kitchen Office
Ritchie SRO
Jones Lodge Kitchem
Ropes Shed
Waterfront Shed
Boating Shed
BB Guns Shed
Koger Horse Pavillion Tack Room
Archery Range
TB Bathhouses
What places on camp floods?
Down by the lake & the road into camp
Where are the top places of concern for abuse among youth?
Bathrooms or locker rooms
What is the dress code?
Staff shirt, not altered in any way unless leadership say it is alright.
Shorts, not too short
Shoes, must have backs, no Crocs allowed!!
Swimsuits, not a tie swimsuit & must be able to do an LSP (lost swimmer procedure) effectively.
No new tattoos or piercings while you are working on site.
What are shower house policies?
Only one camper can be in a shower stall at any given time.
If there are multiple stalls, only send in as many consumers as there are stalls.
Ensure shower doors/curtains do not extend all the way to the ground so employees and volunteers can easily glance into the bathroom to see how many feet are in each shower stall.
Require employees and volunteers to stand outside the shower area but remain within earshot.
When necessary to assist young consumers in the stalls, employees and/or volunteers should keep the door to the stall open.
Consumers who require assistance with personal care activities should have this noted within their file and include the level of assistance necessary.
What kind of situations do you not need to go to the nurse for?
Small cuts, bruises, scrapes
Can you bring guests to camp?
Yes, but only when there are no campers on site & you have informed the leadership staff.
What are appropriate interactions with youth?
Side hugs
Shoulder-to-shoulder or “temple” hugs
Pats on the shoulder or back
Handshakes
High-fives and hand slapping
Verbal praise
Pats on the head when culturally appropriate
Touching hands, shoulders, and arms
Arms around shoulders
Holding hands (with young children in escorting situations)
What are the camper to staff supervision ratios? (5 y/o, 6-8, 9-14, 15-17)
5 : 1 to 5
6-8 : 1 to 6
9-14 : 1 to 8
15-17: 1 to 10
Can you have any electronic communication with program participants under the age of 18? (including allowing them to follow you on social media)
NO!
You may write letters to campers, but you need to send them to camp & we will send them on to the camper.
What kind of situations do you need to go to the nurse for?
Tick attached to an individual, any large or deep cuts, head injuries, broken bones, seizure activity, ect.
What do you do if there is a hostile individual on camp?
Keep your campers away from the individual.
If on upper camp (barn area), you will take your campers on the road that leads out to the side of the pasture where we do trail rides.
If you are on main camp over by Jones Village, you will go out towards pretty prairie & make your way down gold rush.
If you are on main camp by TB, you will make your way out of camp using the main road.
If you are on lower camp by the ropes course, you will go out in the pasture by pretty prairie.
If you are on lower camp by the waterfront or boating, you will go in the pasture by the fossil pit & head towards turtle pond.
**pull up map**
What are inappropriate verbal interactions?
Name-calling
Discussing sexual encounters or in any way involving youth in the personal problems or issues of staff and volunteers
Secrets
Cursing
Off-color or sexual jokes
Shaming
Belittling
Derogatory remarks
Harsh language that may frighten, threaten or humiliate youth
Derogatory remarks about the youth or their family
What two things should you always be?
Observable & interruptable