Genesis Hosts ABATE Motorcycle Trauma Instruction

DAVENPORT, Iowa -- First Responders, EMTs and emergency department personnel from across Iowa will participate in the annual ABATE of Iowa Two-Wheel Trauma program on Saturday, April 5 at the Genesis Heart Institute.

The program is designed to train emergency medical service personnel to improve their skills working at the scenes of bicycle, motorcycle, ATV, moped and snowmobile accidents.  ABATE strives to reduce the potential for rescuer injury by instructing emergency care providers on appropriate actions at accident scenes.

Gerald Steinke, coordinator of District 15 of ABATE of Iowa, said motorcycle accident scenes present several hazards not present at automobile and truck accidents. “One of the objectives is to train personnel to be able to identify motorcycle parts and discuss the possible hazards of those parts. For example, exhaust pipes, kill switches, fuel switches, radiators and knowing the proper lift points,’’ Steinke said.

Instructors for the Two Wheel Trauma program will be Dick “Slider’’ Gilmore, who has been an EMS provider and instructor since 1978; Anita Bailey, who has been involved in EMS since 1977 and is now EMS System Development Coordinator for 16 counties in Northwest Iowa, and Frank Prowant, a Paramedic Specialist who is deputy chief for the Ankeny, Iowa Fire Department.

The program will start at 8 a.m. with registration.  The Genesis Heart Institute is located at 1236 East Rusholme St. Davenport.

For more information, contact Steinke at (563) 941-5839 or mr_big@fbcom.net.
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