Reacting To Emergencies
Monday, February 11th, 2008The unexpected is always trailing us; the storms, earthquakes, food poisoning, fire and theft can happen any time without prior warning. Any guest ranch should be ready with rescue equipment and food to last at least three days. The staff should also be trained to fight these occurrences both in supporting and encouraging the people to stay calm and wait for help.
In case of food poisoning in any of the dude ranches the best step to take is to call for assistance and as you take samples of the food consumed. For at the beginning the cause might not be known it would be safe to quarantine the patients from other and restrict movement to and from the area. The following measures should be fast for some food poisoning are very lethal and can kill in hours.
Other emergencies which can occur in Montana dude ranch are accidents from horse rides and cattle handling. These should have counter measures by the ranch; these would include standby medical equipment and staff trained in first aid. Also there should facilities to hold the animal if it caused the accident intentionally
For the unavoidable as storm and earthquakes the building regulation should have been followed constructing the ranch. Mostly the house on storm prone areas are required to have basements where people can take cover incase of emergencies. Other like fire each Montana guest ranch should have emergency doors, fire fighting equipment that can fight almost all types of fire. Safety should be compulsory to all.