RESCUE OPERATION

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In today’s Basic Technology class, We will be discussing Rescue Operation. We hope you enjoy the class!

MEANING OF RESCUE OPERATION

A rescue operation is an action taken in order to save peoples life or prevent injury during an accident or dangerous situation.

This requires a high degree of training and are performed by rescue squads, either independently or a large organization such as fire, police, Road safety corp, Red cross, Military, Paramilitary, First aid group or Ambulance services.

Rescue operations cover:

receiving emergency calls
issuing warnings to the public
preventing potential accidents or hazards
protecting people, property and the environment against danger, and rescuing accident victims
extinguishing fires and limiting damage

Rescue departments provide urgent help in the event of an accident or in the event of a potential hazard.

Accidents, hazards and other situations include:

fires (in buildings, vehicles, forests and elsewhere)
traffic accidents
accidents involving hazardous substances (chemical accidents and oil spills)
natural disasters, and collapsed buildings, roads and other structures
explosions
inspection and verification assignments (for automatic fire alarm systems and smoke alarms)
first response tasks
rescuing people and animals
loss prevention and executive assistance

TOOLS AND MATERIALS USED FOR RESCUE OPERATION

Search and rescue dogs
Mounted search and rescue horses
Helicopters
Ambulance
First aid kit
Hydraulic cutting
Spreading tools used to extricate individuals from wrecked vehicles
A fire extinguisher is used where there is a fire outbreak

DIFFERENT ASPECT OF RESCUE OPERATION

Rope rescue
Water rescue
Tracking search and rescue dogs
Helicopter rescue
Road/Auto Extrication rescue

STEPS INVOLVED IN RESCUE OPERATION

Protection of the accident scene by marking out of the scene with cones or flares and switching off the ignition, putting the vehicle in park, disconnecting the battery in order to prevent an explosion from gasoline leakage.
Patient triage and initial medical assessment of the patient by a qualified medical rescuer.
The opening of the vehicle and the deformation of the structure such as a window to allow the intervention of a paramedic.
The removal of a section of the vehicle usually the roof or door to allow the safe removal of the accident victim.

We have come to the end of this class. We do hope you enjoyed the class?

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In our next class, we will be talking about Materials and their Common Uses. We are very much eager to meet you there.