Water Awareness for Rescue Professionals

Slides prepared for Oxfordshire Lowland Search and Rescue (an ALSAR team) for their training on Water Awareness

Transcript

1. June 2011 Water Awareness for Rescue Professionals David Webster for Oxfordshire Lowland Search and Rescue Tuesday, 18 October 11
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3. What does water awareness cover ✤ How not to become a victim ✤ Some other less important stuff. Tuesday, 18 October 11
4. What does water awareness cover ✤ How not to become a victim ✤ Some other less important stuff. Stay out of the water HINT: Tuesday, 18 October 11
5. Rivers Tuesday, 18 October 11
6. River Terminology Tuesday, 18 October 11
7. River Anatomy Image from: Ventura County Sheriff's Volunteer Search & Rescue http://www.vcsar1.org/swchar.html Tuesday, 18 October 11
8. River Zones ✤ 3 meters or closer = Warm zone. Wear PPE. Have Bank Searcher Training. DRA can increase or decrease the size of warm zone. ✤ PPE = PFD, Helmet, Whistle, Knife, Throw Rope. ✤ In moving water have Upstream spotters and Downstream safety. Tuesday, 18 October 11
9. Water Dangers. Tuesday, 18 October 11
10. Why is water dangerous? ✤ It’s cold: Hypothermia, Cold Shock (gasp reflex). ✤ It’s powerful: knocks you off your feet, washes banks away ✤ It hides obstructions: you can get trapped. ✤ It’s often polluted: Leptospirosis, Cryptosporidium, Algae Tuesday, 18 October 11
11. If you fall in: ✤ Do NOT try to stand up in moving water. ✤ Float on your back, letting PFD do the work. ✤ Feet up, pointing down stream. ✤ Look around you and listen Tuesday, 18 October 11
12. Video ✤ Section 3: ✤ Self Survival ✤ Moral Pressure from Bystanders ✤ Flood Situations ✤ Dangers of Weirs ✤ Hazards near water ✤ Section 5: ✤ Survival Strategies ✤ Cardiac Response ✤ Physiological Effects of Immersion. Tuesday, 18 October 11
13. Rescue Principles Tuesday, 18 October 11
14. Put the following in order, starting with the safest rescue option: ✤ Talk ✤ Reach ✤ Throw ✤ Row ✤ Go ✤ Helo (Helicopter) Tuesday, 18 October 11
15. Put the following in order, starting with the safest rescue option: ✤ Talk ✤ Reach ✤ Throw ✤ Row ✤ Go ✤ Helo (Helicopter) Tuesday, 18 October 11
16. Remember the basics: ✤ Water is cold, wet & heavy = dangerous. ✤ You can’t help someone if you become a casualty. Any Questions? Tuesday, 18 October 11