Chapter 1 - Introduction to Vehicle Extrication Flashcards
Relevant organizations with some responsibility and authority relavent to vehicle extrication.
> United States Department of Transportation (US-DOT)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
Transport Canada
Transport Emergency Rescue Committee
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
The ______ is responsible for creating and administering policies and programs that are designed to protect and improve the safety, adequacy, and efficiency of the U.S. transportation system and services.
United States Department of Transportation (USDOT)
The _____ is responsible for reducing deaths, injuries, and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
The institute focuses on both crash avoidance and the crashworthiness of vehicles.
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)
Nonprofit membership organization that manages the voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system within the United States.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
An organization concerned with fire safety standards developement, technical advisory services, education, research, and other related services.
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
An agency of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The ____ is tasked with determining the probable cause of transportation accidents involving the release of hazardous materials and those transportation accidents of recurring nature.
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
Responsibilities the rescue organization or authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) should meet in order to conduct rescue operations.
NFPA 1006 and 1670
> Conducting hazard/risk assessment surveys.
Developing written response plans and SOPs.
Setting minimum entrance requirements.
Determining operational capabilities.
Conducting training.
Identifying and providing appropriate equipment and PPE.
Establishing a safety program.
To safely and successfully extricate a patient trapped in a vehicle, rescuers should be able to do all of the following:
> Assess the situation (perform size-up)
Make informed decisions about how to stabilize the situation (stop it from getting worse)
Devise and implement a plan of action that protects the rescuers and patients from further injury and results in all patients being freed from entrapment.
To be successful, vehicle and machinery extrication operations involve four incident priorities:
1) Personnel protection/Life safety
2) Incident stabilization
3) Property and environmental conservation
4) After action review (AAR)
