Boy Scouts leave Philmont Scout Ranch, act as first responders during train derailment

The scouts help triage injured passengers as they waited for help.

The scouts help triage injured passengers as they waited for help.

BOARD THAT TRAIN IN OUR STATE EVERY YEAR AND ON THAT TRAIN. WE’RE BOY SCOUTS WHO JUST LEFT PHILMONT SCOUT RANCH AND CIMARRON. THEY WERE HEADED BACK HOME TO WISCONSIN AS ANCHOR SASHA LININGER TELLS US THEY USE THEIR SCOUT SKILLS TO HELP THE INJURED. SHE’S LIVE AT THE AMTRAK STOP IN ALBUQUERQUE. WELL HEROES ARE WHAT THESE BOYS THEY BRING CALLED AFTER BOARDING THAT AMTRAK STATION IN RATON SHORTLY AFTER REALIZING WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED THEY ACTED AS FIRST RESPONDERS MANY OF THE SKILLS TO USE THAT DAY. THEY LEARNED AS BOY SCOUTS AND FILM OUT SCOUT RANCH. TWO TROOPS OF 16 A TEENAGE BOYS AND EIGHT ADULTS HEROES IS THE RIGHT WAY TO DESCRIBE THEM. I HEARD FROM MY SON AN HOUR LATER THAT HE WAS OKAY. I COULDN’T STOP SHAKING OR CRYING ALL WE’RE ON BOARD THE AMTRAK TRAIN WHEN IT DERAILED MONDAY IN MISSOURI, THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY HOME TO WISCONSIN AFTER LEAVING PHILMONT SCOUT RANCH BENT TEN DAYS IN THE BACK COUNTRY ON THE TRAIL HIKING VARIOUS ITINERARIES RIGHT AFTER THE CRASH THOSE TWO TROOPS WENT STRAIGHT TO WORK. TESTING THE INJURED TOOK A SHIRT OFF WRAPPED HIS HAND AND HAD TO BREAK SOME WINDOWS TO GET PEOPLE OUT WHEN I OPENED UP ONE OF THE WINDOWS TO OPEN UP THE ROOF AREA. THEY WERE ALREADY UP THERE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE, YOU KNOW COME OUT. SO THEY THEY BASICALLY WERE USING THE SKILLS THAT THEY LEARNED TO COME HERE USING THE SKILLS THAT THEY HAD TO BE PREPARED TO USE HERE SIX OF THE BOYS WITH WILDERNESS FIRST AID TRAINING MEANING THEY UNDERSTAND A CUTE SHOCK AND HOW TO USE A TURNER KIT AND THEY JUST WERE HELPING IMMOBILIZE PEOPLE ON BACKBOARD. AND GETTING THEM OUT SAFELY ANYBODY WHO’S COMPLAINING OF ANY SORT OF PAIN HELP IT LOAD THEM INTO AMBULANCES THE BOYS JUST 14 TO 17 YEARS OLD MANY PEOPLE CALLING THEM TRUE HEROES. THEY DID A REAL GOOD JOB VERY MATURE FOR THEIR AGE AND YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY’RE TEACHING THEM IN THE SCOUTS IT PAID OFF TODAY. OF THOSE TWO TREES IN UDE BONES AND A PUNCTURED LUNG BUT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. LIVE IN ALBUQUERQUE. I’M SOCIALINTER. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS BACK TO YOU FILM ON SCOTT RANCH IS THE SCOUTS LARGEST HIGH ADVENTURE BASE THAT IS USED FOR TRAININ

Boy Scouts leave Philmont Scout Ranch, act as first responders during train derailment

The scouts help triage injured passengers as they waited for help.

Sixteen teenage boys and eight adults boarded an Amtrack train in Raton, New Mexico, after finishing a 10-day trek at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron."We asked for a higher degree of first aid training among members of the crews that come here. And they are hiking in a backcountry wilderness where first aid is not immediate," said Roger Hoyt, the general manager of Philmont Scout Ranch.The two troops were heading back home to Appleton, Wisconsin, when their train derailed in Mendon, Missouri. Once the group realized what happened, they immediately acted as first responders, triaging the injured and helping people get out of the train. One scout also found the driver of the dump truck who was ejected from the vehicle and provided aid as well as comfort."I heard that some scouts, maybe without the higher level of training, we're just helping first responders get people on to stretchers and load them into vehicles," Hoyt said.Of the group, six of the scouts were certified in Wilderness First Aid and CPR, meaning they understand acute shock and how to use a tourniquet."They've got to learn to render that themselves until other aid can can be attained. They basically were using the skills that they learned to come here, using the skills that they had to be prepared to use here," Hoyt said.The boys are only 14 to 17 years of age and many people are calling them heroes."They did a real good job. Very mature for their age. Whatever they're teaching them in the scouts, it paid off today," said Larry Brown, a passenger on the train.

Sixteen teenage boys and eight adults boarded an Amtrack train in Raton, New Mexico, after finishing a 10-day trek at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron.

"We asked for a higher degree of first aid training among members of the crews that come here. And they are hiking in a backcountry wilderness where first aid is not immediate," said Roger Hoyt, the general manager of Philmont Scout Ranch.

The two troops were heading back home to Appleton, Wisconsin, when their train derailed in Mendon, Missouri. Once the group realized what happened, they immediately acted as first responders, triaging the injured and helping people get out of the train. One scout also found the driver of the dump truck who was ejected from the vehicle and provided aid as well as comfort.

"I heard that some scouts, maybe without the higher level of training, we're just helping first responders get people on to stretchers and load them into vehicles," Hoyt said.

Of the group, six of the scouts were certified in Wilderness First Aid and CPR, meaning they understand acute shock and how to use a tourniquet.

"They've got to learn to render that themselves until other aid can can be attained. They basically were using the skills that they learned to come here, using the skills that they had to be prepared to use here," Hoyt said.

The boys are only 14 to 17 years of age and many people are calling them heroes.

"They did a real good job. Very mature for their age. Whatever they're teaching them in the scouts, it paid off today," said Larry Brown, a passenger on the train.

Boy Scouts leave Philmont Scout Ranch, act as first responders during train derailment

The scouts help triage injured passengers as they waited for help.

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