GOTCHA Kit Harness Rescue (MOD 5a)
Duration: 1 Day
Max Delegates: 6
Overview
Agenda
Theory
• Understand the implications of being suspended in a harness and the importance of rescue provision when working at height.
• Have a basic understanding of the different approaches to rescue and how the rescue kit fits into a hierarchy of options, e.g. improvised planned and emergency services.
• Understanding the importance of personal safety whilst carrying out rescue.
• Post rescue care and handover to a first aider or the emergency services.
• Identification of the key components for the rescue kit, their strengths and limitations.
• The ability to assess the situation and select the appropriate recovery technique, i.e. anchor point selection and suitable points of safety harness attachment.
Practical
• Correctly fitting and adjustment of a fall arrest harness.
• Correct use of double and / or single fall arrest lanyards for personal safety whilst traversing and rescuing.
• The importance of casualty management and the application of temporary aids.
• Remote deployment of the rescue kit from a position of safety and attachment to an unconscious casualty.
• Use of the rescue kit to raise and lower an unconscious suspended casualty.
• Correct use of the equipment to gain a mechanical advantage when lifting the casualty.
