GOTCHA Kit
Rescue Training

This is a practical module designed for traders working at heights who need a pre-assembled rescue kit as part of their first response rescue solution.

Upon completion of the course they will be able to perform pre-use equipment checks, set up equipment for their personal safety, perform rescues on both conscious and unconscious victims and have an awareness of post-rescue care

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.
  • 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.
  • Remote deployment of the rescue kit from a position of safety and attachment to an unconscious casualty.
  • Use of the rescue kit to raise and lower an unconscious suspended casualty.
  • Correct use of the equipment to gain a mechanical advantage when lifting the casualty.

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