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Elements and Performance Criteria
- Remove casualties
- Prepare for structural collapse operation
- Rescue resources are identified and selected based on incident information received and are checked to ensure they are ready for use
- Personal protective clothing and equipment is selected based on the nature of the incident and rescue resources to be used
- Systematic approach to identifying potential hazards and associated risks is discussed with team members en route and on approach to the incident
- Establish and maintain rescue scene safety
- Hazards and environmental conditions are identified, monitored and controlled using risk mitigation processes
- Scene is managed to control access and maintain a safe and effective operational environment
- Communication with other personnel on site is established and maintained, in accordance with organisational procedures
- Determine location and condition of casualties
- Appropriate resources are used to extricate surface or lightly trapped casualties
- Condition of surface or lightly trapped casualties and nature of entrapment is ascertained, where possible
- Specialist resources are requested to assist with extricating casualties where entrapment exceeds that of surface or lightly trapped
- Search marking systems are utilised, as required
- Stabilise and make safe incident scene
- Stabilisation techniques are utilised to make the collapsed site safe
- Incident scene is constantly monitored for situational and environmental hazards and structural stability to prevent injury to self or others
- Stabilisation that requires the use of specialist resources is requested, as required
- Gain access to casualties
- Located casualties are treated in consultation with medical personnel, in accordance with organisational procedures
- Hygiene precautions are implemented, in accordance with organisational procedures
- Casualties are released, treated and stabilised, in accordance with organisational procedures
- Casualties are removed from scene, in accordance with organisational procedures
- Evidence of casualty's identity is collected and processed, in accordance with organisational procedures
- Appropriate actions are taken to preserve the incident scene, in accordance with organisational procedures
- Conclude rescue operations
- Equipment is recovered, cleaned and serviced, in accordance with organisational procedures and manufacturers' guidelines
- Decontamination procedures are followed, in accordance with organisational procedures
- Operational debriefing is participated in, in accordance organisational procedures
- Operational documentation including post incident report is completed, in accordance with organisational procedures
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