RESCUE OPERATIONS

TOPIC: RESCUE OPERATIONS

CONTENT

•             Meaning of Rescue Operations

•             Objectives of Rescue Operations

•             Types of Rescue Operations

•             Rescue Operation Situations

•             Materials used in Rescue Operations

MEANING OF RESCUE OPERATION

Rescue operations are responsive operations organized to save people or a person from dangerous situations or prevent injury during an accident. Rescue operations are carried out by trained firemen, police, military, first aid or ambulance attendants.

 OBJECTIVES OF RESCUE OPERATIONS

1.          To save lives.

2.          To prevent injury during an accident or dangerous situation.

TYPES OF RESCUE OPERATIONS

1.          Air-Sea Rescue (ASR): This is the coordinated search and rescue of emergency water landings as well as people who have survived shipwreck or boat mishap.

2.          Combat search and rescue (CSAR): This is the search and rescue operations that are carried out during war that are within or near the combat zone.

3.          Mine rescue; is the specialized job of rescuing miners and others who are trapped or injured in underground mines after mine accidents.

4.          Cave rescue: the operation involved in rescuing people trapped, lost, or injured in wilderness or caves.

5.          Surface-water rescue: the rescue of a person who is afloat on the surface of a body of water.

6.          Vehicle extrication: the process of removing the vehicle from around a person who has been involved in a motor accident.

7.          Confined space rescue: It involves the rescue and recovery of victims trapped in a confined space like tanks, sewers, and underground vaults.

8.          Urban search and rescue: It involves the location, extrication, and initial medical stabilization of victims trapped in collapsed buildings or trenches.

EVALUATION

1.          What are rescue operations?

2.          What is vehicle extrication?

RESCUE OPERATION SITUATIONS

1.          Fire outbreak

2.          shipwreck or boat mishap

3.          plane crash

4.          Mine accidents

5.          Bomb blast

6.          Road accident

7.          Collapsed buildings

8.          Drowning

9.          Natural disasters e.g earthquakes, landslides, etc 

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USED IN RESCUE OPERATIONS

1.          Helicopters

2.          Search and rescue dogs

3.          Mounted search and rescue horses

4.          The “jaws of life”

5.          Hydraulic cutting and spreading tools used to extricate individuals from wrecked vehicles

6.          heavy rescue vehicles

7.          Ladder

8.          Airbags

9.          Ambulance

10.  High lift jack etc

11.  Fire extinguisher

12.  Stretchers

EVALUATION

1.          Mention five (5) situations that required rescue operations

2.          State ten (10) tools used in rescue operations 

GENERAL EVALUATION

1.          Describe ASR.

2.          Mention four persons trained to help in rescue operations.