Emergency Response Rescue Protocols

Motor Vehicle Crashes (MVC)

1. To keep yourself and your partner safe; 2. To prevent further harm to the patient

1. Is the patient ill or injured? 2. What is the MOI? 3. What is the location of the incident? 4. What time of day is it? 5. What is the weather? 6. Is there a report of entrapment? 7. Is there a report of a leak or a spill?

<p>Utility employees, Construction workers, Painters, Antennas and water towers, Industrial sites, Intersections</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Perform a 360-degree assessment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Extrication team, Fire department, Law enforcement, Hazardous material team, Utility company, Air medical evacuation, Swift water rescue</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Being struck by a passing vehicle</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>electrically alive</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>75 feet</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Shuffle away with small steps, keeping the feet together and on the ground at all times</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>50 feet</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Check all windows and doors for access, cut through screens if necessary, inform the patient if awake, wear protective gear, and carefully clear broken glass.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Motor Vehicle Collisions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Patient care</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Wear PPE, locate farthest window from patient, cover it, use a sharp tool to strike the corner.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To remove the patient as rapidly and safely as possible from wreckage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Scene size-up, stabilization, gaining access, disentanglement, and patient removal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Patient Care</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Maintain spinal stabilization, perform primary assessment, controlled rapid extrication, use adequate personnel and least resistance path.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The vehicle is cut from around the patient while protecting the patient and rescuers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Door removal, windshield removal, roof rolling.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ability to gain entry to an enclosed area and reach a patient.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The location of the incident commander at the scene of an emergency.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Complicated entry that requires special tools and training.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An area where individuals can be exposed to various hazards.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The removal of a motor vehicle from around the patient.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To be caught within a vehicle, room, or container with no way out.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Removal of a patient from entrapment or a dangerous situation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any substance that is toxic, poisonous, radioactive, or otherwise dangerous.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The individual who has overall command of the scene in the field.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A respirator with an independent air supply used by firefighters.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Access that is easily achieved without the use of tools or force.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A specialized law enforcement tactical unit.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A fire in a house, apartment building, office, or other building.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A hostage, robbery, or situation involving armed conflict.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A team trained for certain types of technical rescue.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A rescue that requires special technical skills and equipment.</p> Signup and view all the answers