RTC Flashcards
What PPE is required at a RTC?
- Full fire kit
- Visors (full during tool use)
- High visibility vest
- Blue nitrile gloves
- Dust masks
- Ear defenders
When you approach an incident what should be considered?
- Slow and controlled
- Weather conditions and visibility
- Road conditions
- Obstacles, debris and casualties.
- Casualties wandering around in a dazed state
- Build up of traffic due to the accident
- Opportunity to drop off crew member
- Following traffic will be slowed down
- Gives IC an oportunity to make a brief assesment of incident
How should you position the appliance at a RTC and where should you distance the cones?
First appliance is to fend off 25m prior to incident.
30mph roads - 25m
40 - 60mph - 75m
What side of the appliance do you get off at?
Safe side of the appliance
What factors should be considered when trying to preserve a RTC scene for police?
- Tyre indicators (dont deflate)
- Seatbelts (tie a knot in if you cut)
- Moving and removing items
- Any action having an impact on the scene needs to be logged on incident decision log
What are the working areas for the crew?
Inner cordon - 2m, minimul people.
Outer cordon - 5m, extra personnel, debris dump, eq and medical dump
What are the potential pre planned roles?
- Incident commander
- Casualty carer
- Stabalisation team
- Tool operator team
- Tool staging area
- Extriction method
- Debris dump
List the 7 phases of rescue
- Safety and scene assesment
- Stabilisation and initial access
- Glass management and tool prep
- Space creation
- Full access
- Immobilisation and extrication
- Evaluate (given on test)
Describe kinematics?
The process of looking at a accident scene and determining what injuries may have resulted from the forces and motions incolved - how the human body responds to the forces applied to it during a traumatic event
What are the main objectives of vehicle stabilisation?
- Safely immobilise a vehicle
- Provide a solid platform for rescuers to work from
- Prevent further injury to casualty
Why is it important to keep checking stabilisation?
- Chocks get kicked accidently
2. Suspension gets lighter as casualties and parts of the vehicle are removed
What are the 3 timed related rescues and what ate they?
- Immediately - to carry out life saving actions
- Rapid - the medical needs of the casualty require extrication in the quickest time possible
- Urgent - fully controlled and resourced extrication
When will emergency extrication be used?
- Casualty shows no sign of life
- Sudden detereoration of casualty condition
- Dangers present e.g. fire
- Instructed by lead medical person or IC.
What should you let the IC know on rapid extrication ?
Whether the casualty is entrapped
What are the 3 types of glass management
- Controlled breakage
- Controlled removal
- Leave in situ
2 types of vehicle glazing
- Tempered
2. Laminated
How do you dissconnect a battery?
Negative first then positive
What are some hazards involving electrical vehicles?
- Lithium battery
- Explosive risk
- Toxic fumes
- High voltage electricity
- Corrosive
- Unexpected movement
- Fuel cells
Name some hazards involving compressed/liquified gas?
- Extreme cold
- Explosion
- Highly flammable atmosphere
- Fire/heat/smoke
- Irrespirable atmosphere
- Pressurised system
What cables do you not touch in an electric car?
Orange - high voltage cables
At what pressure do the lifting bags work at?
Between 7-8 BAR
How much of the lifting bag needs to be under the car?
3/4
How can you identify an alternate fuel car?
- Fuel cap
- Vehicle marking
- Driver/passenger
- Orange cabling
- MDT
How do you do an emergency stabilisation?
Use if people (hands on)
What 2 materials behave different to steel?
- Carbon fibre
2. Aluminium
What type of safety systems are there?
Passive (prior collision)
- Power steering
- ABS
- Traction control
- Moving headlights
- Crash avoidance system
Active (after collision)
- Airbags
- Side impact bars
- Seat belt pre tensioner
- Active headrests
What are the 3 components of the airbag?
- Air bag
- Inflator
- Crash sensor
What are the different types of extrication methods?
- Roof fold
- Roof removal
- Roof lift
- Door removal
- Tenting
- Dashboard roll
- Dashboard lift
- Roof flap
- B post removal
- 3rd door creation
- Tunneling
How can stabilisation be broken down with large vehicles?
- Vehicle
- Cab
- Load
What airline do you take off as a consideration when managing air brakes?
Red air line
