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Check:
The scene –
The casualty –
Tap gently & shout "Are you Okay?"
If responsive:
Check
•
from head to toe
Call
•
emergency
if necessary
Care
•
problems
Comfort & Reassure
•
the casualty
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RESCUE!
Self-rescue:
It can mean reaching safety by yourself or staying
afloat long enough for someone to help you. In both
cases be prepared by knowing how to survive a sud-
den, unexpected entry or problem in the water.
In deep water:
•Try to move yourself to safety if you can
emergency
• Stay on the surface by swimming, floating on your
back or treading water.
• Call for help!
In shallow water:
• Stand up when possible
• Float on your back
• Call for help!
Rescue of Others:
Check for hazards that can endanger
you or cause further harm to your casualty.
• Remove hazards (i.e. broken glass, live electrical
wires, poisonous gas) from the area when you can or
remove the casualty from the hazard.
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emergency
Action Principles
check for danger to yourself or to the casualty
check the casualty for responsiveness.
rescue
for severe bleeding
an ambulance
Instructions
for additional
Action Principles
emergency
rescue
Instructions
Safety Equipment
Numbers
If unresponsive:
Call
•
Yell for help
AND
Send someone for an ambulance
OR
Call the ambulance yourself
Care
Open the Airway
•
(Tilt head back and lift chin)
Check Breathing (Look, listen and feel for effective
breathing for no more than 10 seconds)
Check for a Signs of Circulation
Look for movement of the casualty, effective breathing,
coughing, appropriate colour of the skin and presence
of a carotid pulse. Take no more than 10 seconds. If you
are trained, provide appropriate care.
Numbers
Follow this approach for pool rescues:
1. Talk from a dry, safe location
2. Throw a buoyant object from a short distance
check
3. Reach with a pole or rescue aid and pull the casualty
to safety
4. Wade if the water is shallow and extend a rescue aid
to the casualty
y our
5. Swim if you cannot reach the casualty with a
throwing assist
6. Tow the casualty back to safety while holding a
buoyant rescue aid
7. Carry if the casualty cannot hold onto a rescue aid or
the casualty is unconscious
ONLY ATTEMPT AN IN WATER RESCUE IF YOU ARE
TRAINED.
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saFeTY program
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