Vehicle Rescue Skills (Site Handling) Wheel Landing Vehicles and Safety and Site Assessment

A vehicle with wheels on the ground

The starting point of our rescue is to start the rescue from vehicles where all four wheels are on the ground. According to statistics, most rescues take place in the event of a collision between the front, side, or rear of the vehicle.

Rescuers often conduct more training in this situation and are therefore more familiar with the options available in this situation.

A vehicle in this position usually means:

1 , can immediately identify the injured

2. Relatively easy stability and initial entry into the vehicle

3. Multiple choices for creating space

4 , comprehensive observation of the wounded some options

Remember that the choices you choose and the space you can expand depend on the time available. This time depends on the medical condition of the injured person.

Points to note when handling vehicles with wheels on the ground:

1. Even if the vehicle's wheels land on the ground, rotation may occur during the collision. Therefore, dynamics need to be considered.

2. Where is the collision point? More than one collision point?

Second, security and on-site assessment

As soon as the field commander arrives on the scene, he must complete a 360- degree survey before starting any work . Failure to communicate the risk factors identified during the preliminary investigation to rescue workers

It is dangerous to send to dangerous areas.

360 Degree Survey - What to look out for

In addition to these risk factors, the 360- degree survey must include the identification of risk factors at the bottom of the vehicle.

Once the 360- degree survey is completed , the on-site commander must determine the priorities to ensure that the control measures adopted to reduce the risk respond to the hazard.

After the initial survey has been completed and the priorities have been established, the field commander is responsible for maintaining a safe work area throughout the incident. This can only be achieved through good positioning.

This ensures that field commanders always understand the site profile.

! Remember - Rescue can only be done after completing a full-scale investigation and confirming and notifying all hazards. A dynamic site and a security risk events occur at any time during the rescue scene, so to perform continuous on-site assessment.

This article belongs to holmatro and edited by China Rescue Equipment Network.