Safety training
G WO Advanced Rescue Training Standard / V6 02032026
ELEMENT 5.1 - PRACTICAL EXERCISE - RESCUE INSIDE AND /OR OUTSIDE OF THE TOWER
Learning objectives:
32) The participants can explain how to assess and determine
a rescue strategy during a rescue
operation, attending to a clear and preferred the tower (Knowledge, intermediate level)
rescue route for the injured person outside or inside
33) The participants can explain the identification and suitable selection of certified and structural anchor points, relevant for various rescue scenarios, relevant for various rescue scenarios (Knowledge, basic level)
34) The participants can perform how to apply the concept of lifting angle, angle factor and deviation (Skills, intermediate level)
35) The participants can explain , how to identify and control common risks of hazardous energies and common hazards of enclosed space areas in a WTG, when performing rescue operations (Knowledge, intermediate level) 36) The participants can perform how to apply rescue methods and techniques in performing descending rescue operations, from a WTG, using a rescue stretcher and transfer board, lowering/raising rescue system (rescue device, pulley system or similar) (Skills, intermediate level) 37) The participants can perform how to fit a harness or improvised harness by the use of a rescue sling around the injured person's chest, and other relevant PPE (e.g. apply rescue head support, fit helmet, safety glasses etc) onto an injured person, in an enclosed space (Skills, interm ediate level)
The use of a rescue sling as an improvised harness is only to be used in an enclosed space where it is not possible to fit a full body harness on an injured person
Note
The improvised harness must only be used as a means of extricating an injured person from an enclosed space horizontally. An improvised harness must never be used for lifting or lowering an injured person
38) The participants can act independently to package an injured person on a rescue stretcher and transfer board in a vertical or horizontal configuration to enable safe transportation, by doing regular checks, using rescue equipment such as rescue head support and avoiding head down configuration of the unconscious injured person (Ability, intermediate level)
39) The participants can perform how to manually transport in a balanced way an injured person on a rescue stretcher and on a transfer board (Skills, intermediate level)
40) The participants can perform how to change directly from balancing an injured person from a horizontal position to a vertical configuration (and vice versa), when suspended (Skills, intermediate level)
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