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{{Lesson plan/Header}}
{{Lesson plan/Header}}
== Subject ==
== Subject ==
{{prompt|What is this lesson plan about?}}
{{prompt|What is this lesson plan about?}}
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Moving the subject after they have been located.
== Authors ==
== Authors ==
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== Scope ==
== Scope ==
{{prompt|What is included in this lesson, what's not and why.}}
{{prompt|What is included in this lesson, what's not and why.}}
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: Addresses part of [[Members:CSA/Z1625/Text/Searcher training curriculum/First aid and survival skills/First aid|CSA Z1625 4.4.1]]
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:* part of T1. First aid procedures related to relevant search environment.
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: SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.26 "Evacuation"
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: Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.23 "Rescue and Evacuation"
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: include litter carry / patient packaging
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: does not include spinal restriction / C-collar / backboard
== Prerequisites ==
== Prerequisites ==
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== Objectives ==
== Objectives ==
At the conclusion of this lesson the participants:
At the conclusion of this lesson the participants:
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# will be able to ...
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# can identify roles within an evacuation
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# can reduce patient stress
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# can package patient in stretcher
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# can safely carry a patient in a stretcher through terrain difficulties
== Time Plan ==
== Time Plan ==
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Total Time: ?? minutes
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Total Time: 40 minutes lecture, 30 minute practice
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* 2013-02: 25 min
{{lesson slides start}}
{{lesson slides start}}
{{lesson slide|00:00|3 min}}
{{lesson slide|00:00|3 min}}
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=1|thumb]]
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=2|thumb]]
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Introduce topic title
Introduce topic title
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Present Objectives
Present Objectives
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{{lesson slide|00:03|}}
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# can identify roles within an evacuation
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instructional points in normal font
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# can reduce patient stress
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# can package patient in stretcher
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# can safely carry a patient in a stretcher through terrain difficulties
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{{lesson slide|00:03|1 min}}
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=3|thumb]]
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=4|thumb]]
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'''Evacuation Concept
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''aids, exercises, activities in italic''
 
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{{lesson slides end}}
 
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== Aids ==
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{{lesson slide|00:04|2 min}}
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{{prompt|What materials are needed or useful in presenting this lesson.}}
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=5|thumb]]
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=6|thumb]]
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''Carry vs. ...
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== Question bank ==
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* helicopter extraction
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{{prompt|List of questions suitable for an review/exam of this section.}}
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* stay
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See {{subpage|Question bank}}
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== Frequently Asked Questions ==
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{{lesson slide|00:06|3 min}}
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{{prompt|What are some of the questions that students typically ask. Include the answers.}}
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=7|thumb]]
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=8|thumb]]
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=9|thumb]]
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=10|thumb]]
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Roles in Evacuation
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== Feedback ==
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inner circle (medical) vs. outer circle (rescue)
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{{prompt|When has this lesson been presented. What was the feedback.}}
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== License ==
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* team leader
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{{prompt|What can others do with this lesson?}}
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* first aider
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* advocate
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* stretcher bearers
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* scouts
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** scout out entire route
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** avoid having to back track
 +
** entire route doesn't need to be flagged, but does need to be obvious to the guide
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* guide
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Recommended license below. Fill in the year and the author's name(s):
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Additional resources will be sent in
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* up to 24 people required to sustain carry of stretcher in difficult terrain
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Copyright © YEAR, Author.
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{{lesson slide|00:09|2 min}}
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This work is licensed under a
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=11|thumb]]
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 Canada License.
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Medical Considerations
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To view a copy of this license, visit
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/
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or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
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== Reference Material ==
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* take priority over most other aspects of evacuation
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{{prompt|If you need to cite sources, do so here.}}
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* continuing monitoring of vital signs
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* access to injuries and extremity
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* risk of vomiting
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* hypothermia
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[1]
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{{lesson slide|00:11|2 min}}
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=12|thumb]]
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Subject Safety
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== Notes ==
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* can't protect themselves
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{{prompt|Any additional notes, etc.}}
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* situations that may be safe for the stretcher bearers may not be safe for the subject
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** e.g. a slip, might mean stretcher bearer catches themselves with hands, subject has unprotected fall
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* what are the risks? how likely are they? how serious are they? how can they be mitigated?
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== Aids ==
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* lower down, face up, more exposed
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Slide show
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* safety glasses, face shield, clear plastic sheet
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== Subject ==
 
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Moving the subject after they have been located.
 
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== Authors ==
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{{lesson slide|00:13|2 min}}
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Chris Jorgensen
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=13|thumb]]
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Subject Comfort
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== Scope ==
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* pressure sores (can become medical issue)
-
{{prompt|What is included in this lesson, what's not and why.}}
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** more issue for SAR than other training (longer periods)
-
: SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.26 "Evacuation"
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** thermarest
-
: Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.23 "Rescue and Evacuation"
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** packing voids
-
: [include litter carry / perhaps patient packaging]
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** Padding, too much is almost enough
 +
* hydration
 +
* excretion
-
== Prerequisites ==
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{{lesson slide|00:15|3 min}}
-
{{prompt|What should students already know/have accomplished before the lesson is presented.}}
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=14|thumb]]
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Subject Stress
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== Objectives ==
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* very scary being the subject
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At the conclusion of this lesson the participants:
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* losing control
-
# will be able to ...
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* calm voices, no shouting, listening, not talking at the same time, avoid side conversations
 +
** even if unconscious
 +
* build rapport with subject, patient advocate
 +
* use subject's name, introduce yourself, talk to subject
 +
* engage subject in their own care
 +
* sight lines, generally move feet first
 +
* avoid lights in eyes
 +
* dust, dirt, debris
 +
* claustrophobia
 +
** arms in/out of packaging
-
== Time Plan ==
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{{lesson slide|00:18|3 min}}
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Total Time: 30 minutes
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=15|thumb]]
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* 2013-02: 25 min
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Types of Stretchers
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add details about packaging
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* wire basket stretcher (e.g. Stokes)
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{{lesson slides start}}
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* polyethylene basket stretcher (ferno)
-
{{lesson slide|00:00|3 min}}
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* two piece polyethylene basket stretcher
-
Introduce topic title
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* wheeled stretcher
 +
* mountain stretcher (e.g. Mariner)
 +
* field litter
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Introduce Instructor
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{{lesson slide|00:21|23 min}}
 +
[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=16|thumb]]
 +
[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=17|thumb]]
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'''Order of Packaging - No backboard - theory
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Present Objectives
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''demonstrate packaging'' (add 10 minutes)
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{{lesson slide|00:03|}}
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-
instructional points in normal font
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* stretcher
 +
* burrito lashing laid out
 +
* tarp open
 +
* sleeping bag (open)
 +
* thermarest (deflated)
 +
* empty pockets
 +
* patient
 +
* pad hollows (neck, small of back, under knees, between legs)
 +
* environmental protection
 +
** close sleeping bag
 +
** add blankets
 +
** space blanket -- condensation issue
 +
** fold tarp
 +
** tie burrito lashing
 +
** inflate thermarest
 +
* stretcher lashing
 +
** cross at chest, cross at hip, above knees, below knees
 +
* faceshield / sunglasses
 +
 
 +
{{lesson slide|00:24|3 min}}
 +
[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=18|thumb]]
 +
Complex Packaging
-
''aids, exercises, activities in italic''
+
spinal restrictions
 +
* advanced or wilderness first aid skill
 +
* thermarest goes between patient and backboard
 +
 
 +
rope rescue
 +
* needed for >15° slope or unstable terrain
 +
* improvised harness goes on patient
 +
* stretcher lashing is more complicated
 +
 
 +
People with these higher level skills will be brought in to work with
 +
you on packaging
 +
 
 +
{{lesson slide|00:27|1 min}}
 +
[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=19|thumb]]
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Carrying
 +
 
 +
* similar height on opposite sides
 +
* Carry the litter level or, if not possible, head high unless medical control suggests otherwise
 +
* use of webbing over outside shoulder
 +
** don't tie yourself in
 +
 
 +
 
 +
{{lesson slide|00:28|2 min}}
 +
[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=20|thumb]]
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=21|thumb]]
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=22|thumb]]
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=23|thumb]]
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=24|thumb]]
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=25|thumb]]
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=26|thumb]]
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'''Rotation
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{{lesson slide|00:30|1 min}}
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=27|thumb]]
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'''Carrying - cont.
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* anyone can call a break
 +
 
 +
{{lesson slide|00:31|1 min}}
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[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=28|thumb]]
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'''Lift/Lower
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* safe lifting practice
 +
** don't take stretcher bearer role if bad back, shoulder, wrist
 +
** Lift with your legs (not your back)
 +
* lift/lower called by person at head
 +
** "on my call, we will lift"
 +
** "anyone not ready?" (ask in the negative)
 +
** "one, two, lift"
 +
 
 +
 
 +
{{lesson slide|00:32|1 min}}
 +
[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=29|thumb]]
 +
'''Carrying Straps
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 +
 
 +
''exercise: short carry and lower''
 +
 
 +
{{lesson slide|00:33|2 min}}
 +
[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=30|thumb]]
 +
[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=31|thumb]]
 +
Moving
 +
 
 +
''exercise: resume the carry, adding complications of terrain to bring out the following points''
 +
 
 +
* Use of scout
 +
* relief comes in from front
 +
** exchange sides to relieve your tired arm
 +
** pass forward
 +
* obstacles/difficult terrain, stand still with firm footing and pass forward
 +
* subject is vomiting
 +
** place on ground and lift one side to near vertical
 +
 
 +
{{lesson slide|00:35|30 min}}
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'''Exercise
 +
 
 +
''practice wrap
 +
 
 +
''practice raise/lower
 +
 
 +
''practice carry
 +
 
 +
''practice rotation
 +
 
 +
''navigate obstacles
 +
 
 +
{{lesson slide|01:05|5 min}}
 +
Questions
 +
[[Image:SAR Basics Evacuation.pdf|page=14|thumb]]
{{lesson slides end}}
{{lesson slides end}}
== Aids ==
== Aids ==
{{prompt|What materials are needed or useful in presenting this lesson.}}
{{prompt|What materials are needed or useful in presenting this lesson.}}
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* [[/Restricted|non-publishable material]]
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* slides {{document format links|SAR Basics Evacuation}}
* wire mesh stretcher
* wire mesh stretcher
* webbing
* webbing
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** 1 x 10+m or 2 x 7m
** 1 x 10+m or 2 x 7m
* improvised terrain or obstacles
* improvised terrain or obstacles
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== References ==
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* [[/Restricted|non-publishable material]]
* {{link|Image:SAR Fund CJ Evacuation.pdf}}
* {{link|Image:SAR Fund CJ Evacuation.pdf}}
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* [[Training/Ideas/First aid]]
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* {{link|Image:Members:Short History of Stretchers.pdf}}
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<gallery>
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Image:Members:Folding Military Field Litter.jpg
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</gallery>
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* BICO Module #3 Snowmobiler Basic Tx Principles (10 min video)
== Question bank ==
== Question bank ==
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Recommended license below. Fill in the year and the author's name(s):
Recommended license below. Fill in the year and the author's name(s):
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Copyright © YEAR, Author.
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Copyright © 2013-2018, Chris Jorgensen, Brett Wuth.
This work is licensed under a
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 Canada License.
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 Canada License.

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Contents

[edit] Subject

What is this lesson plan about?

Moving the subject after they have been located.

[edit] Authors

List who wrote this lesson plan.


[edit] Scope

What is included in this lesson, what's not and why.

Addresses part of CSA Z1625 4.4.1
  • part of T1. First aid procedures related to relevant search environment.
SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.26 "Evacuation"
Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.23 "Rescue and Evacuation"
include litter carry / patient packaging
does not include spinal restriction / C-collar / backboard

[edit] Prerequisites

What should students already know/have accomplished before the lesson is presented.


[edit] Objectives

At the conclusion of this lesson the participants:

  1. can identify roles within an evacuation
  2. can reduce patient stress
  3. can package patient in stretcher
  4. can safely carry a patient in a stretcher through terrain difficulties

[edit] Time Plan

Total Time: 40 minutes lecture, 30 minute practice

  • 2013-02: 25 min


Time Material


00:00

3 min

Introduce topic title

Introduce Instructor

Present Objectives

  1. can identify roles within an evacuation
  2. can reduce patient stress
  3. can package patient in stretcher
  4. can safely carry a patient in a stretcher through terrain difficulties

00:03

1 min

Evacuation Concept


00:04

2 min

Carry vs. ...

  • helicopter extraction
  • stay


00:06

3 min

Roles in Evacuation

inner circle (medical) vs. outer circle (rescue)

  • team leader
  • first aider
  • advocate
  • stretcher bearers
  • scouts
    • scout out entire route
    • avoid having to back track
    • entire route doesn't need to be flagged, but does need to be obvious to the guide
  • guide

Additional resources will be sent in

  • up to 24 people required to sustain carry of stretcher in difficult terrain


00:09

2 min

Medical Considerations

  • take priority over most other aspects of evacuation
  • continuing monitoring of vital signs
  • access to injuries and extremity
  • risk of vomiting
  • hypothermia


00:11

2 min

Subject Safety

  • can't protect themselves
  • situations that may be safe for the stretcher bearers may not be safe for the subject
    • e.g. a slip, might mean stretcher bearer catches themselves with hands, subject has unprotected fall
  • what are the risks? how likely are they? how serious are they? how can they be mitigated?
  • lower down, face up, more exposed
  • safety glasses, face shield, clear plastic sheet


00:13

2 min

Subject Comfort

  • pressure sores (can become medical issue)
    • more issue for SAR than other training (longer periods)
    • thermarest
    • packing voids
    • Padding, too much is almost enough
  • hydration
  • excretion


00:15

3 min

Subject Stress

  • very scary being the subject
  • losing control
  • calm voices, no shouting, listening, not talking at the same time, avoid side conversations
    • even if unconscious
  • build rapport with subject, patient advocate
  • use subject's name, introduce yourself, talk to subject
  • engage subject in their own care
  • sight lines, generally move feet first
  • avoid lights in eyes
  • dust, dirt, debris
  • claustrophobia
    • arms in/out of packaging


00:18

3 min

Types of Stretchers

  • wire basket stretcher (e.g. Stokes)
  • polyethylene basket stretcher (ferno)
  • two piece polyethylene basket stretcher
  • wheeled stretcher
  • mountain stretcher (e.g. Mariner)
  • field litter


00:21

23 min

Order of Packaging - No backboard - theory

demonstrate packaging (add 10 minutes)

  • stretcher
  • burrito lashing laid out
  • tarp open
  • sleeping bag (open)
  • thermarest (deflated)
  • empty pockets
  • patient
  • pad hollows (neck, small of back, under knees, between legs)
  • environmental protection
    • close sleeping bag
    • add blankets
    • space blanket -- condensation issue
    • fold tarp
    • tie burrito lashing
    • inflate thermarest
  • stretcher lashing
    • cross at chest, cross at hip, above knees, below knees
  • faceshield / sunglasses


00:24

3 min

Complex Packaging

spinal restrictions

  • advanced or wilderness first aid skill
  • thermarest goes between patient and backboard

rope rescue

  • needed for >15° slope or unstable terrain
  • improvised harness goes on patient
  • stretcher lashing is more complicated

People with these higher level skills will be brought in to work with you on packaging


00:27

1 min

Carrying

  • similar height on opposite sides
  • Carry the litter level or, if not possible, head high unless medical control suggests otherwise
  • use of webbing over outside shoulder
    • don't tie yourself in


00:28

2 min

Rotation


00:30

1 min

Carrying - cont.

  • anyone can call a break


00:31

1 min

Lift/Lower

  • safe lifting practice
    • don't take stretcher bearer role if bad back, shoulder, wrist
    • Lift with your legs (not your back)
  • lift/lower called by person at head
    • "on my call, we will lift"
    • "anyone not ready?" (ask in the negative)
    • "one, two, lift"


00:32

1 min

Carrying Straps


exercise: short carry and lower


00:33

2 min

Moving

exercise: resume the carry, adding complications of terrain to bring out the following points

  • Use of scout
  • relief comes in from front
    • exchange sides to relieve your tired arm
    • pass forward
  • obstacles/difficult terrain, stand still with firm footing and pass forward
  • subject is vomiting
    • place on ground and lift one side to near vertical


00:35

30 min

Exercise

practice wrap

practice raise/lower

practice carry

practice rotation

navigate obstacles


01:05

5 min

Questions


[edit] Aids

What materials are needed or useful in presenting this lesson.

  • slides (download/print: .pdf; edit: .odp)
  • wire mesh stretcher
  • webbing
    • 6 x 5m
    • 1 x 10+m or 2 x 7m
  • improvised terrain or obstacles

[edit] References

  • BICO Module #3 Snowmobiler Basic Tx Principles (10 min video)

[edit] Question bank

List of questions suitable for an review/exam of this section.

See Question bank

[edit] Frequently Asked Questions

What are some of the questions that students typically ask. Include the answers.


[edit] Feedback

When has this lesson been presented. What was the feedback.


[edit] License

What can others do with this lesson?


Recommended license below. Fill in the year and the author's name(s):

Copyright © 2013-2018, Chris Jorgensen, Brett Wuth. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 Canada License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA.

[edit] Reference Material

If you need to cite sources, do so here.


[1]

[edit] Notes

Any additional notes, etc.

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