Safety training
GWO Advanced Rescue Training Standard / V4 2023-05-02
l. observe manufacturer’s user manual for specific or additional requirements
Explain how to fit a harness onto an unconscious injured person, highlighting the importance of loosening the injured person's shoulder straps prior to fitting (to easily fit the harness correctly onto the injured person) Demonstrate how to create an attachment point on a transfer board by attaching / choking an anchor sling through the handles at the foot and top of the transfer board with a connector attached Explain how to package an unconscious injured person on a rescue stretcher and on a transfer board, adhering to the manufacturer's user manual Stress the generic approach to teaching the use of rescue equipment focusing on the similarities and differences in design, functionality, and operation between different products Explain the potential task placed upon the participants in their own organisations on course completion, requiring them to familiarise themselves with other rescue equipment products
Provide constructive feedback on the participants’ efforts during the practice
The participants shall:
Practise how to prepare, fit, and check rescue head support and fit PPE helmet and safety glasses on an unconscious injured person Practise how to, unaided, correctly, and continuously perform the primary survey on an injured person who is wearing rescue head support
Practise how to fit a harness onto an unconscious injured person
Practise how to create an attachment point on a transfer board by attaching / choking an anchor sling through the handles at the foot and top of the transfer board with a connector attached Practise how to package an unconscious injured person on a rescue stretcher and on a transfer board, adhering to the manufacturer's user manual and ensuring a tight fit of restrain straps.
If permitted (in the transfer board and / or restrain strap manufacturer’s user manual ) a crossing strap configuration packaging the injured person is preferred.
Note
LOWERING/RAISING RESCUE SYSTEM
25 min.
The aim of this lesson is for participants to take responsibility in the lowering/raising of a rescue system for limited distance rescue purpose (rescue device, pulley system or similar), rigging setup options included.
After having successfully completed this lesson, the participants can:
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