Upon completion of the course, they will be able to do pre-use checks of the equipment, set up equipment for their personal use, carry out the evacuation of themselves and a conscious, or unconscious casualty.
They will also be given an awareness of different harness options for casualties not wearing a full-body harness.
Theory
- Understand the implications of being suspended in a harness and the importance of rescue provision when working at height.
- Have a basic understanding of the different approaches to rescue and how the rescue kit fits into a hierarchy of options, e.g. improvised planned and emergency services.
- Understanding the importance of personal safety whilst carrying out rescue.
- The problems associated with suspension trauma.
- Post rescue care and handover to a first aider or the emergency services.
- Identification of the key components for the rescue kit and their strengths and limitations.
- The ability to assess the situation and select the appropriate recovery technique, i.e. anchor point selection and suitable points of safety harness attachment.
Practical
- Correctly fitting and adjustment of a fall arrest harness.
- Correct use of double and/or single fall arrest lanyards for personal safety whilst traversing and rescuing.
- The importance of casualty management and the application of temporary aids.
- Installation of the rescue kit from a position of safety and attachment to the casualty.
- Use of the rescue kit to raise and lower an unconscious suspended casualty.
- Correct use of the equipment to ensure a controlled lower from height of the casualty.
- Use of the kit to perform an emergency evacuation from a structure.
- Optional elements include: remote deployment, use in conjunction with a stretcher and establishing a guideline for lowering the casualty.
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