Based on the popular C.S.I. television shows, T.S.I. -
Trauma Scene Investigation is designed to teach students to look
at events with a critical eye. The manual for this program offers nine
scenarios. In each one, the students are investigators who are called
to the scene of a traumatic incident. The objective is for them to
discover the following: what happened; why it happened; what are the
consequences for all parties involved; and what each of those involved
could have been done to prevent the occurrence.
Each scenario should take about 30-45 minutes for the students to
"close the case."
We encourage a group discussion to compare results and talk about
conclusions.
The idea behind this
program is for students to figure out the causes for themselves,
rather than telling them. For example, we can tell people over and
over that seatbelts save lives, sometimes to the point where they
don′t even hear it any more. But if they are presented with the
results of a crash where an unbelted passenger is ejected and dies
from a blow to the head, they can puzzle out for themselves the cause
of death. If they figure it out themselves, they are more likely to
internalize the lesson. The idea is for them to teach themselves.
Given the right information, we believe most people will make the
right decisions. These scenarios are intended to give them that
information.
After the students
have completed the scenarios in the manual, we encourage you to have
them go on to develop their own. Included at the end of the manual
are blank reports they can use to do this. If they develop a
particularly good scenario, please have them send it to the American
Trauma Society. We may put it on our website and/or include it in
future versions of this program.
New
T.S.I. Scenario Available
The
American Trauma Society, PA Division, is pleased to announce that an
addition to their T.S.I.: Trauma Scene Investigation program is
now available. The new addition deals with the issue of texting while
driving. The scenario involves a fatal crash by a young driver.
Students have to figure out what happened, how it happened, and how it
could have been prevented. It joins nine other scenarios on various
issues concerning youth safety.
The 86-page manual is
available from ATSPA on a CD. If you are
interested in getting a copy of the new scenario, send an email to
atspa@atspa.org and it will
be emailed to you as an attachment. If you would like the original
nine scenarios, a CD containing the program will be mailed. Programs
are free to organizations within the state of
Pennsylvania.
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