RTC

Question 1

What are the 7 phases of rescue?

Answer 1

Safety and scene assessment
Stabilisation and initial access
Glass management and tool prep
Space creation
Full access
Immobilisation and extrication
Evaluation

Question 2

Initial safety considerations?

Answer 2

Road enviroment
Moving vehicles
Debris and road furniture
People
Weather conditions

Question 3

First appliance fend off distance?

Answer 3

25m

Question 4

Traffic management cone distances?

Answer 4

30mph-25m
40/60mph-75m

Question 5

Second appliance distance?

Answer 5

125m plus 50 for every lane

Question 6

CLEAR principles?

Answer 6

Collision
Lead
Evaluate
Act
Re-open

Question 7

Methods of scene preservation?

Answer 7

Tyre marks- mark anymoment, if deflating inform police and document on decision log
Seat belts- were they worn? Overhand if cut
Moving items? Minimise moving of anything
All actions on decision log

Question 8

Types of stabilisation?

Answer 8

Emergency
Initial response

Question 9

3 types of extrication?

Answer 9

Immediate,emergency and full

Question 10

Methods of space creation dealing with stronger light steels?

Answer 10

Cross ramming with blocks
Tunnelling/internal space creation

Question 11

Saftey precautions when dealing with AFVs?

Answer 11

Use MDT to info gather
Prevent movment
Remove keys(5M)
Disconnect batteries/fuses
Mark high voltage cables and batteries

Question 12

3 tasks of initial access?

Answer 12

Medical intervention-Initial survey and life saving action.
Level of entrapment-cockpit survey
Extrication plan-communicate woth ic to form plan

Question 13

How should cones be placed when closing road?

Answer 13

Straight line. Not tapered

Question 14

How to assess casualty when first in attendance?

Answer 14

Kinematics-car hits object/person hits car/organs hit person/objects continue to travel.
Newton’s first law.
Mechanism of injury

Question 15

What evidence needs recording when preserving an incident?

Answer 15

Impact points on road
Debris in location
Tyre pressures
Tyre marks
Seat belts
Overuse of water if on fire
Marking vehicles before movment

Question 16

IRU/IEF timings

Answer 16

Immediately
5mins
20 mins

Question 17

Methods of tunneling?

Answer 17

Recline seats
Remove headrests
Sliding seats
Move steering Collumn
Remove contents
Remove seats

Question 18

What to do when you find orange cable?

Answer 18

Prevent movement
Remove keys
Disconnect battery
Gather info-from casualty/mdt
Emergency disconnects remove fuses
Mark cables and other hazards

Question 19

How should an extrication plan be communicated?

Answer 19

Using plain English
Inline with Jesip
To all personal

Question 20

Ways of dealing with stronger light steels?

Answer 20

Use of rams to reform and internal space creation

Question 21

Afv power supply’s?

Answer 21

Batteries
Natural gas
LPG
Biofuels
Hydrogen fuel cells

Question 22

AFV Hazards?

Answer 22

Unpredicted movements
Toxic gases
High voltage systems
Fuel cell explosion
Hazmats
Pressurised systems

Question 23

How do you restrict view and trauma?

Answer 23

Minimum people in cordon
Control access into cordon
Equipment salvage sheets
Vehicles
Topography

Question 24

How to treat deceased with respect?

Answer 24

Use same care as if live casualty
Restrict view and exposure
Don’t risk lives for unsavable lives