INTRODUCTION Medical rescue is an access and release of a person requiring or who may require medical attention, treatment from a confined position, from a position of entrapment or other situations which threatens the health of an individual or the community. A medical rescue worker is part of the team of first responds at an accident disaster where they bravely assist those in need, whilst compromising situation such as car wreckage. CHARACTERISTICS OF A RESCUE WORKER • Effective communication skills • Integrity and a reassuring manner • Ability to follow instructions • Problem solving skills • Team working skills in the fire and rescue service and the community • Patience, understanding and sensitivity • Confidence …show more content…
However in this assignment we will only focus on METRO, Fire and Mountain rescue. As these are the one I experienced first-hand and I am knowledgeable in. TRAINING OF RESCUE WORKERS Rescue workers train extensively I order to ensure that they are fit enough to help patients in need of their help. They have physical training and swimming and rigorous rescue training, such as pulling their own body weight or more of material and running 50 laps both on track and in the swimming pool. METRO (MEDICAL EMERGENCY TRANSPORT RESCUE OPERATIONS) Whenever one gets involved in an accident and gets seriously injured or needs serious medical attention, there are high chances of them being assisted by medical emergency transport and rescue operations (METRO) team. Rescue workers remove patients from wrecked vehicles using Jaws of Life. Each and every rescue vehicle has proper equipment, power tools and hiking equipment .Currently there are 33 rescue vehicle operating within the Western Cape and 6 of these can remove and lift extremely heavy equipment from accident
Ambulances, started to affect today’s modern health care after the Civil war. Ambulances are specially equipped motor vehicles. Ambulances carry sick, or injured people from the spot of their accident, to the closest hospital. Ambulances are part of the emergency medical services, EMS, which also includes helicopters, airplanes, and boats. Ambulances typically have room for one or more people. Ambulances can also hold many medical personnel and medical supplies.
The roles of emergency services consist on the medical team who is responsible for scene assessment of personnel and equipment requirements, coordinating information to and from hospitals, oversee treatment from medical and nursing personnel, the ambulance crew will do the triage, patient transfer from the scene, and health service communication. The fire services are responsible for eliminating the fire and rescue trapped casualties using specialist equipment, the police team will control the traffic to aid evacuation, identify and move the dead, maintain law and
There are events, subtle or otherwise, leading up to a critical change in health status. As nurses at the bedside, we must have strategies and protocols implemented in order to monitor changes in vital signs and trends leading towards a cardiac, respiratory, or neurologic event. In a hospital setting, patients are monitored for changes in condition, whether it be improvement or deterioration, allowing clinicians to decide the course of action to follow in their care.
Good teamwork is important in a patient centred care. It is a team of health professionals who actively participate, cooperate, interact, communicate expertise, respect, trust and its main focus is to improve patient’s health (Miller, 2008, p.14). Also, the team includes the family of the client and the patient itself (Miller, 2008, p. 15). Therefore, all members have a role to play. For instance, in the nursing practice it involves health promotion and maintenance regarding patient’s health in order to decrease the impacts of negative outcomes (NMBA, 2010). Nevertheless, this can be maintained under the national competency standard (NMBA, 2010). Part of the national competency standard promotes professional responsibility, multidisciplinary approach, critical thinking and client care delivery (NMBA, 2010).
Doctors Without Borders work in war zones, places where natural disasters have occurred, where populations have displaced or where hunger and epidemics have increased. Specifically, they work in 80 countries worldwide, in Europe, Africa, and in America (particularly in South America). They choose these places because that is where their help is particularly needed, so their action is not biased in any kind of way. The MSF is prompt to answer to any emergency around the world – it takes about 48 hours or less to reach the country in which they are needed (the trip will depend on the distance and the weather), and the medical machineries will get to the country in about 72 hours. Astutely, every MSF is provided with a pre-packed disaster kit,
Imagine finding your child pulse less and not breathing. What a terrifying thought! Would you know how to save your child’s life? The number of parents that do not know CPR is astounding. Simply knowing CPR could make a dramatic difference in the lives of you and your loved ones.
To achieve a degree in Athletic Training, there are many tasks and skills to be learned. The Education Council under the National Athletic Training Association put together an education program filled with a set of guidelines of what has to be taught to graduate with a degree in Athletic Training. Before you can learn and understand Athletic Training, you must know the Anatomy and Physiology of the human body. This includes bones, muscles, levels of organization, tissue levels, systems of the body, skeletal structure, articulations, integrative functions, sensory function, blood, and embryology (Martini, 2001). Besides Anatomy and Physiology, the methods of taping is also extremely critical to this career. Before you can understand what each taping techniques are used for, you must also know about sports injuries. Athletic Training is all about the prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and evaluation of athletic injuries. Another skill that must be learned in the Athletic Training Education Program is how to provide immediate emergency care. That includes everything from background information to actually being able to save an athlete’s or any one else’s life. You must be aware of legal considerations, how and when to approach a victim, the human body systems, examining the victim, basic life support, bleeding and shock, identifying wounds, sudden illnesses, injuries, and how to care for them; also you must be aware of cold and heat related injuries, and how to rescue and move victims (Thygerson, 2001). Other information to be learned includes nutrition, health, and professional development. There are several other topics of Athletic Training; however, there are just to many to s...
are put through countless hours of mental and physical training to endure any possible situation that
There are five different mission sets that the teams work in. They are Emergency Response, Remediation and Restoration, Technical Escort of materials, Technical Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear support to COCOMs and Homeland Security. Emergency Response is one of the primary m...
Emergency care has always been an important part of history all over the world. It has been said that medical assistance has been around and prevalent since as far back as 1500 B.C. Around the 1700’s is when EMS systems first began to experience large advancements, and ever since then, the field continues to grow and improve every year.
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After observing this group of people and their dedication to becoming a paramedic has whetted my interest and encouraged me to become involved. I want to have more than a run-of-the-mill knowledge of emergency care. However, for me, becoming adept at medical skills is for solely practical use, as I have no intentions of starting a profession in the medical field. Knowing more than CPR will certainly come in handy on the extended wilderness trips that I plan going on/leading in the future. While I am attending college in the coming years I want to become a certified EMT. I am going to Northland College and they even offer a WEMT ( Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician) program that I plan on completing. Wilderness medicine focuses on the treatment of injuries with minimal equipment and personnel, while also being in remote areas.
...rs and others that will answer the call to aid those in need of help or assistance or in actually dangerous situations.
In the medical field we have a variety of procedures that can be performed to help people and patients feel better or how to save a life. Some of the procedures that are performed can be done by professionally trained personnel, or by anyone. Two very important medical procedures that are very common are First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). Both First Aid and CPR are used on a daily basis and are used worldwide, even if used in a slightly different manner the basic concept is still used almost everywhere.
First aid skills and kit is a dire necessity in unfortunate areas prone to accidents and natural calamities. It makes communities aware of the dangers posed to remain prepared for any