Safety training
GWO Advanced Rescue Training Standard / V4 2023-05-02
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. The improvised harness must only be used as a means of extracting an injured person from an enclosed space horizontally. An improvised harness must never be used for lifting or lowering an injured person
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Where possible the participants shall work teams of two or four. One participant shall act as team coordinator. There shall be a total of six exercises.
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It is recommended to use a rescue dummy as the injured person.
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Each exercise includes: rescue strategy planning, rescue efforts and instructor led evaluation.
ELEMENT 9.1 - RESCUE FROM CRAWL SPACE – EXERCISES
Learning objectives:
78) The participants can perform the rescue operation from the incident scene fully aware of where the injured person is stuck and how to slowly lower/raise the injured person and carefully manipulate them out, constantly evaluating the rescue efforts (Skill, intermediate level) 79) The participants can perform rescue operations using safe and suitable (certified or structural) anchor points, lifting angles, deviation, and edge protection for the rescue equipment (Skill, intermediate level) 80) The participants can perform rescue operations, using the casualties personal fall protection on the injured person, as additional fall protection, if required (Skill, intermediate level) 81) The participants can perform how to prepare the injured person for safe transportation, by doing regular checks, using rescue equipment such as rescue head support and avoiding head down configuration of the unconscious injured person (Skill, intermediate level) 82) The participants can perform as the informal rescue team coordinator performing scene assessment and hazard identification, assessing, and determining the rescue strategy (Skill, intermediate level) 83) The participants can perform clear and precise communication in a stressful rescue operation, both with members of the rescue team as a team coordinator and as a team member (Skill, intermediate level) 84) The participants can perform how to apply clear communication and guidance to other emergency responders (e.g. vessel crew or ambulance crew) including coordinating the handover of an injured person (Skill, intermediate level)
The instructor shall:
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