2025-05-02_BST_V19

Safety training

GWO Basic Safety Training / V19 02052025

The participants shall:

Discuss how to best apply the skills learned during the BST Working at Heights training in a wind turbine environment

Share relevant experiences and reflections on the multiple perspectives acquired through group discussions

ELEMENT 14.2 - SUSPENSION TRAUMA

Learning objectives:

114) The participants can explain the cause of suspension trauma and ways to prevent it (Knowledge, intermediate level)

115) The participants can act independently in reducing the risks of a suspension trauma if suspected in a casualty (Ability, intermediate level)

The instructor shall:

Explain how suspension trauma affects the human body

Explain how to mitigate suspension trauma using trauma straps (if fitted to the harness) or using a work positioning lanyard

Demonstrate how to position and treat a conscious and unconscious casualty who is suspected to be suffering from suspension trauma

The participants shall:

Ask relevant questions when in doubt

The class will be divided into three groups of four participants, maximum. The participants should use 10 minutes to discuss and generate ideas about rescue and emergency situations in the wind turbine environment. Each group should write the ideas on a flipchart that the instructor can display to enhance a large group discussion with the entire class during the remaining 10 minutes of the workshop. Adjust number of groups (of four) to match total number of participants

Note

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