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This video is courtesy of the Ministry of Emergency of Uzbekistan
It details the steps required to be taken on removing a victim from a body of water.
The correct method of back soaps to try expel water, position patient, check for airway obstructions and start CPR if needed.
Of you live near water, work near water, be it fresh or salt water, practice these steps.
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#flashovers, one of the scariest things a fireman can experience in a real fire.
Years ago in Windhoek, the Windhoek Fire attended a fire at the library of memory serves. While fighting fire a portion of the team were caught by a flash over. If you are not expecting it the experience can be scary. Some members were hospitalised from the flash over.
Lessons to remember are the same basics for everything, #SAFETYFIRST. Ensure you are wearing your #PPE and that you are wearing it correctly. A flash hood won't protect you if you wearing it as a neck warmer. Don your equipment correctly, make sure your buddy has their equipment donned correctly and do safety checks on each other.
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🥀Losing a Father, Brother, Uncle, or FireFighter, is the greatest pain anyone can ever imagine. Sadness that can't be explained nor relived by words of how devastating it is to have heard the passing of such a great, selfless, humble, smart, well-driven man. A man who put his life on the line to help those who can't help themselves. A mentor to those who seem to have lost sight of life. A man whose words can't even describe the blessing of an angel he was to everyone who met him. May your soul Rest In Peace🕊️
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Respect to the family and friends of Fire Fighter and Rescuer, @wesleymetjavi, (Wesley Metjavi).
He paid his life in Service to his country and community.
Dedicated and always professional.
To his wife and family, our condolences, prayers, and support.
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From @realfirstaid (congrats on your new position).
On May 7, 2024 Li Mou was stabbed by Ma Mou in the femoral artery and bled to death.
The altercations starts with Li (in white) having a discussion with two others (in black) and walks away. When he returns, Ma approaches him and stabs him quickly before walking off.
Li is unaware of how serious the situation is, and remains on his phone until he passes out.
1️⃣ How long does it take to bleed to death?
It is very difficult to say how quickly someone can bleed to death but if we take an average pulse between 60-100 beats per minute of 70bpm and, with each beat, the average stroke volume of an adult is between 50ml - 100ml, let's take 70mls. 70mls ejected from the heart 70 times per minute is 4.9 litres of blood being ejected every minute. Around about the average blood volume of an adult. So exsanguination can happen fast. it may not be exactly one minute because your body has compensatory mechanisms to limit blood loss but it is that order of magnitude. And you don't need to lose all of your blood volume. A loss of 40% of blood volume (approx. 2Ltrs for an adult) is considered terminal.
2️⃣ What do you do?
STOP THE BLEED.
With whatever means you have, as quickly as you can.
3️⃣ What does Catastrophic Heamorrhage look like?
There are SO many definitions but rather worrying than about estimating the amount of blood, or trying to determine if it is venous or arterial, it is most easily recognised by the RATE of blood loss. A large static puddle of blood may not be catastrophic (perhaps it was a few moments previously), but a puddle that is visibly growing almost certainly is.
4️⃣ How do you defend yourself against a knife attack?
You don't. If you think you can BJJ your way out of it, you are wrong. One stab in an artery can be game over. And they happen extremely quickly and often by surprise. If there is any suspicion of a weapon, just run. Leave your bravado behind and run.
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Make anatomy, physiology, art drawing, digital animation, and the reality an interesting concept and fun
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Lyrics written by: B. Scott
@holmatrorescue has some sweet solutions for heavy jobs.
Some of these are also great for #lawenforcement and #ems as entry tools to get to victims.
#austeremedicine / #ruralems environments an benefit with some of these where formal rescue is far away.
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During a rescue exercise by the Chilean Coast Guard there was a catastrophic failure of the hoist.
The rescuer was seriously injured on impact. At the time of this posting originally there was no feedback on the current condition of the rescuer.
Some training points:
Do you have a plan of accessing your Responder should an incident like this occur?
The medical kit on the back. This creates an off balance fall by increasing the rotation of the body faster than normal creating a higher risk of spinal and head injury.
Due to this rotational effect (resulting in loss of life) it was researched that the medical bag needs to be attached lower than the hip of to the Responder to prevent this effect of over rotation of the upper body. Two methods used is a tether with a quick release pull tab or legs through the back straps so that it can be allowed to slide off the legs by changing position. This reduces risk to the Responder.
The safer alternative is to deliver Responder separate from equipment.
Consider your decision making process bares on type of surface you working over, sand, rock, water, cargo containers, confined space lower, etc. This will also be part of the risk assessment and decision making process.
Speaking from experience it is not nice seeing a friend and colleague fall and hit the ground because a medical bag making them fall awkward.
#criticalthinking #hoistoperator #paramedic #medic #rescue #rescuer #firstresponders #firefighter #alwayslearning #savinglives
With so many beats to pump to its refreshing to have something new.
Something a bit hip hop with country doing a cover of the old.
A bit like evidence based medicine.
Credit: @cayden_troy
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Fart, Fart
It's good for the heart,
It sets your bowels at ease,
It warms your bed on chilly nights,
And suffocates the fleas...
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