Post on 18-Jan-2016
WATERRESCUE
OBJECTIVES
•Provide participant with knowledge to act at an awareness level when encountering water emergencies.
•Provide participant with the skills needed to develop safe strategies to remove victims from a wide variety of water emergencies.
EFFECTS OF WATERON THE BODY
Three types of drowning
• Dry
• Wet
• Near
HYPOTHERMIA
MAMILLIAN DIVE REFLEX
Rule number 1
Victim is not dead until they are warm and dead
VIDEO
SWIFT WATER
LOW HEAD DAMS
STRAINERS
EDDIES
WEATHER
STATUS OF WATER
BANKS AND SHORELINE
HYDROLOGY AND DYNAMICS OF MOVING
WATER
SWIFT WATER SAFETY
Rule number two
Never get within 15 feet of water without P.F.D.
VIDEO
ARLINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
SOP’S
SIZE UP
WITNESSES
Rule number three
Use the reach, throw, row, and go technique
CONCERNS FOR RESCUERS THAT END UP
IN WATER
DUTIES OF FIRST ARRIVING COMPANY
TACTICS
THROW BAGS
ARC PATTERN
SWIMMING POOL
VEHICLE IN WATER
CANAL/CREEK
LAKE/POND
SWIFT WATER
S.C.B.A.’S
DANGERDANGERDANGER
WILL ROBINSON
NEARLY HALF OF ALL DROWNINGS ARE WOULD
BE RESCUERS
Rule number 4
Be Safe