Water Rescue

Question 1

What are the 15 absolutes of water rescue

Answer 1

1. Keep it simple
2. Always be proactive
3. Rescue priority is: Self, Team, Others
4. Always wear PFD
5. Do not use fire helmet
6. Always use the right equipment
7. Upstream spotters
8. Downstream backups
9. Backup plan
10. Never tie a line around a rescuer
11. Never tension a rope at right angles to the flow
12. Never stand inside a loop of rope, stand upstream
13. Do not put feet down if swept away
14. Never count on a victim to help
15. Never lose contact with victim

Question 2

How many rescue breaths do you give to a drowning victim?

Answer 2

5

Question 3

3 types of water related traumas

Answer 3

Drowning, immersion, submersion

Question 4

Medical complications associated with immersion

Answer 4

Hydrostatic squeeze, hypothermia

Question 5

Medical complications associated with submersion

Answer 5

Asphyxia, hypoxia

Question 6

2 types of water rescue

Answer 6

Conditional - casualty is involved

True - requires no assistance from casualty

Question 7

7 Rescue steps in order

Answer 7

Talk, reach, throw, wade, row, swim, helicopter

Question 8

3 types of inflated hose methods

Answer 8

straight, P and ribbon

Question 9

2 types of systematic search

Answer 9

high and low assurance

Question 10

4 rules for incidents in locks

Answer 10

Do not operate the lock
No not enter the lock
Use reach poles
Await mod 3

Question 11

What form must you fill in if you have been in contact with open water?

Answer 11

HS13

Question 12

3 features of water

Answer 12

Relentless, powerful and predictable

Question 13

Water speed depends on….

Answer 13

volume, channel width and depth, route, banks, ground composition, topography

Question 14

If water speed doubles, the force….

Answer 14

quadruples

Question 15

4 types of loads within water

Answer 15

Top load, suspended load, bottom load, dissolved load.

Question 16

What does a standing wave indicate

Answer 16

A hazard under the surface of the water

Question 17

What feature is usually found behind a hazard that is above the surface of the water

Answer 17

An eddy

Question 18

What is the feature called between an eddy and the main flow of the water

Answer 18

Eddy fence

Question 19

Features found within a water system

Answer 19

Weir, eddy, cushion wave, surface wave, upstream/downstream V, strainer, siphon

Question 20

Weir features, left to right

Answer 20

cushion wave - face - backwash - (towback) - boil line - outwash

Question 21

4 realities of flooding events

Answer 21

multi agency, multi jurisdictional, hazmat and public health events, long term events

Question 22

2 types of flooding and differences between them

Answer 22

Fluvial - rivers and streams overflowing

Pluvial - overland flows generated by rainfall (includes burst mains)

Question 23

2 speeds of flooding

Answer 23

Flash and semi-static

Question 24

4 elements required for a successful rescue

Answer 24

Training
Practice
Experience
Judgement

Question 25

Phases of a rescue

Answer 25

Locate
Access
Stabilise
Transport

Question 26

Who wears a red helmet/has red lights at night?

Answer 26

Tech rescue team - SRT

Question 27

Who wears a white helmet/has white lights at night?

Answer 27

IC, instructors

Question 28

Who wears a yellow helmet/has yellow lights at night?

Answer 28

Mod 2

Question 29

What does a green light at night indicate?

Answer 29

equipment

Question 30

What does a blue light at night indicate?

Answer 30

A hazard