Description

3 CEU

The class introduces the concept of disentanglement of the patient from a motor vehicle collision, patient protection and the basics of operating safely on a scene of a motor vehicle collision. The class additionally introduces different extrication/rescue techniques.

• What a collision is/authority
• Terms and definitions
• Vehicle anatomy
• Types of collisions
• Kinetics/ mechanism of injury
• Pre-incident
• Personal protective equipment
• Incident command/ operational structure
• Scene size up
• Hazard control
• Stabilization
• Disentanglement tools
• Disentanglement procedures
• Inside rescuer function
• Patient protection
• Extrication options
• Post-incident