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Fall 2003 IRP Fellows take Centurion Risk Assessment
training course
Washington, September 26, 2003 - In what is becoming
a program tradition, the Fall 2003 IRP Fellows in International Journalism
participated in a three-day hazardous situations safety training course
offered by Centurion Risk Assessment Services.
Photographs by Antrim Caskey.
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IRP Fellows and program staff learn to evacuate
a wounded person using an improvised stretcher. Stretchers can be
fashioned from common items such as a blanket and pieces of wood
and can save lives when properly used.
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IRP Fellow Jeremy Kahn volunteers to assist Centurion
staffers in demonstrating how to carry a wounded person without
causing additional injury. In many cases, more harm can be caused
by incorrectly moving someone with severe injuries than by leaving
them where they fell.
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IRP Fellow Kavita Menon learns how to correctly
equip a flak jacket. With over 600 journalists killed or wounded
each year, it is imperative that reporters wear protective gear
when entering conflict areas.
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