Rescue and Recovery for Officers Operating at Height

DURATION

Half a day

RATIO OF TRAINERS TO TRAINEES

Normally 1:6

INTRODUCTION

The course is designed to provide:

• A practical enhancement to PHS Training 1 to enable the officers to carry out a rescue using a pre-selected rescue kit. The kit will be chosen specifically to suit the officers situation
• The officers will also be given a knowledge of alternative types of rescue equipment available

COURSE SYLLABUS

Theory

In addition to the theory acquired on the PHS Training 1, the following elements will be covered:

• The importance of officer’s personal safety before and during any rescue
• Strengths and characteristics of equipment contained within the rescue kit
• The issues associated with suspension trauma
• The importance of casualty management.

Practical

Officers will re-cap the following elements from the PHS Training 1:

• Correct fitting and adjustment of a fall arrest harness
• Correct fitting and adjustment of the SpanSet Casualty harness
• The use of double fall arrest lanyards

A choice of Rescue 1

• The use of a self-locking descender to abseil for individual evacuation
• The use of a rescue kit containing a self-locking descender to access an injured officer and evacuate them down to safety

or Rescue 2

• The use of a rescue kit with raising and lowering capability
• Raising an injured officer back to safety
• Lowering an injured officer down to safety

All of the practical systems must be demonstrated and their correct applications understood by all delegates in order to complete the course.