Water Rescue Flashcards
What are the 15 absolutes of water rescue
- Keep it simple
- Always be proactive
- Rescue priority is: Self, Team, Others
- Always wear PFD
- Do not use fire helmet
- Always use the right equipment
- Upstream spotters
- Downstream backups
- Backup plan
- Never tie a line around a rescuer
- Never tension a rope at right angles to the flow
- Never stand inside a loop of rope, stand upstream
- Do not put feet down if swept away
- Never count on a victim to help
- Never lose contact with victim
How many rescue breaths do you give to a drowning victim?
5
3 types of water related traumas
Drowning, immersion, submersion
Medical complications associated with immersion
Hydrostatic squeeze, hypothermia
Medical complications associated with submersion
Asphyxia, hypoxia
2 types of water rescue
Conditional - casualty is involved
True - requires no assistance from casualty
7 Rescue steps in order
Talk, reach, throw, wade, row, swim, helicopter
3 types of inflated hose methods
straight, P and ribbon
2 types of systematic search
high and low assurance
4 rules for incidents in locks
Do not operate the lock
No not enter the lock
Use reach poles
Await mod 3
What form must you fill in if you have been in contact with open water?
HS13
3 features of water
Relentless, powerful and predictable
Water speed depends on….
volume, channel width and depth, route, banks, ground composition, topography
If water speed doubles, the force….
quadruples
4 types of loads within water
Top load, suspended load, bottom load, dissolved load.
What does a standing wave indicate
A hazard under the surface of the water
What feature is usually found behind a hazard that is above the surface of the water
An eddy
What is the feature called between an eddy and the main flow of the water
Eddy fence
Features found within a water system
Weir, eddy, cushion wave, surface wave, upstream/downstream V, strainer, siphon
Weir features, left to right
cushion wave - face - backwash - (towback) - boil line - outwash
4 realities of flooding events
multi agency, multi jurisdictional, hazmat and public health events, long term events
2 types of flooding and differences between them
Fluvial - rivers and streams overflowing
Pluvial - overland flows generated by rainfall (includes burst mains)
2 speeds of flooding
Flash and semi-static
4 elements required for a successful rescue
Training
Practice
Experience
Judgement
