Chapter 14 Flashcards
Victim, rescue and recovery (44 cards)
’’’’’’’’’ WHICH LEVEL RESPONDERS HELP victim, rescue and recovery. Training are responsible for the following.:
Identifying rescue and recovery
Completing victim, prioritization, and patient triage
Selecting proper rescue or recovery options using specialized equipment
Search for rescuing and recovering victims
Completing our required report and supporting documentation p. 541
Operational level responders with mission specific
In a Hazardous material/WMD release, victim rescue in recovery requires tactics and safety procedures, which depends on the following:
TOI
NOV
LOV
A VS NA
Type of incident
Number of victims living
Location of victims
Whether the victims are ambulatory or non-ambulatory
The following additional hazards may be encountered at ‘’ Incident:
Victims may be contaminated
Armed hostile people may also be victims
Victims may be used as we weapons
Explosive devices or secondary devices may be discovered
WMD
Allow following AHJ policies and procedures for victim rescue and recovery before starting any rescue operation responders should?
AS
TP
ED
^PPE
Assess the situation
Take appropriate precautions for their own safety
Establish decontamination
Highest level of PPE p. 542
What is the removal of ambulatory/non-ambulatory victims who are still living and who should survive in injuries or exposure?
Rescue
What is removal of deceased?
Recovery
Responders assessing ‘’’ by identifying any evaluating factors, including:
Mechanisms of injuries
IDLH
Values such as lethal dose/concentration
Contact time and concentration of materials
Hazard class and health effects
survivability
There is no reason to risk the safety of responders for what ?
Recovery
Responder should ask the following questions to determine the feasibility of conducting rescue operations involving a ‘’’’ Environment
Hazard be identified
Other known factors/witnesses provided
Is it a rescue operation or recovery?
Victim within line upside or as a search needed
Necessary PPE/pp to do the job
Do we have devices to aid?
p. 544
Contaminated
Rescue operations are ‘’ priority and may be conducted without complete mitigation of ‘’
High
risk
Personnel should conduct recovery operations only after what
The risk to responders has been been minimized or eliminated p. 544
Developing and implementing a successful training/recovery operation requires ‘’’
EXS:
Comprehensive understanding of rescue process
Information about local capabilities and facility
Skills necessary to perform
A rescue plan p. 545
Training
If the number of victims is one or two emergency responders, trained, and rescue and recovery should be able to handle the incident with how many teams
1
The number of victims as well beyond the number of available, responders responders will need to
Make multiple entries and short periods p. 546
’’ supervisors are responsible for the following:
Team assign
Briefing unit members of objectives/required
Maintaining immediate/functional supervision over teams to ensure
Ensuring accountability/tracking of person
Relay critical or pertinent info up the chain of command
Reporting document
Rescue supervisors
Entry team members work in teams of’’ and wear appropriate ‘’
2 / ppe
’’’ members are responsible for the following:
Review this site safety plan/exposure
No dedicated radio stations and back
Maintain situational awareness while locating victims
Identify the viability of potential victims
Direct ambulatory victims to the safe haven
Search for rescue and recover victim
Select safety operation tools, and equipment p. 548
Entry team
When responders enter the hot zone, they must be alert to this surroundings and follow these basic guidelines? x 3
IE
AC
D
Immediately exit any area where chemical contamination is encountered/no living victims
Avoid contact contact with hazardous material
Undergo decontamination immediately upon exiting
At hazmat incident RESCUERS typically start at the incident’s outer edge and work there away in following these priorities :
1
2
3
4
Assist ambulatory casualties to save themselves
Evacuate non-ambulatory cities, showing signs of life from the warm
Evacuate casualties showing side of life from HOT ZONE
Recover the deceased
Rescuers address, ambulatory victims within ‘’ first. These victims are generally the farthest away from the release… Have experienced the lowest level of exposure and require the least amount of time to remove
Line of sight
To direct line of sight victims rescuers should use these following methods
Verbal instructions
Hand sign
Signs
Light sources p. 548
What victims of the last to be rescued from the hot zone?
Non-ambulatory victims outside line of sight
Responders implement victim prioritization in the ‘’, medical triage in the ‘’.
Hot zone
Cold zone
Survivability considers x4:
E
T
S/S
MA
Exposure
Termination
Signs and symptoms
Immediate medical attention
