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SANID National Emergency Response Volunteer programme
What is SANID programme?
• the programme is managed by Emirates Foundation for Youth Development (EFYD).
• SANID provides trained volunteer, and advanced volunteer response teams, ready to support professional emergency responders in large-scale emergencies, crises disaster situations.
SANID mission in Fire
The role of CERT members in fire safety:
• Put out small fires.
• Prevent additional fires.
• Assist with evacuations - where necessary.
• Be fire safety advocates
Fire Safety Equipment
• Make yourself familiar with:
1. Emergency exits.
2. Assembly points.
• Available Fire systems:
1.Fire alarms.
2.Fire extinguishers.
3.Water sprinklers.
4.Water pump system.
The Fire Triangle
• Heat
• Fuel
• Air
Classes of fire:• A: Ordinary combustibles• B: Flammable liquids• C: Flammable gas• D: Combustible metals• E: Energized electrical equipment
Types of Fire Extinguishers
• Water
• Dry chemical
• Carbon dioxide
• Specialized fire extinguisher
Fire Suppression Safety
DO:
• Use safety equipment.
• Work in a buddy system.
• Have a backup team.
• Have two ways to exit.
• Maintain a safe distance.
Lifts & Carries
One Person Pack-Strap Carry
Lifts & Carries
Two-Person Carry
Lifts & Carries
Chair Carry
Lifts & Carries
• Blanket Drag
Lifts & Carries
• Four-person carry by Stretcher
Search & Rescue
• Size-up,, Hazards
• Search involves:
– Locating victims.
– Documenting location.
• Rescue involves procedures and methods to extricate victims
Search and Rescue
Light Damage
• If damage is light.
• The CERT mission is to locate, triage, and prioritize removal of victims
Conducting Search Operations
Left or Right Hand Search:
The determining factor is the direction that leads to the people that are mostthreatened. Once the initial turn is made (right or left), the search team iscommitted to a right or left search pattern. All other future opportunities to turnshall be the same direction/pattern.
Types of Disasters
• Natural
• Manmade
• Technological
Types of Disasters in the UAE
Natural
1. Cyclone, hurricane
2. Flooding, tsunami
3. Earthquake
4. Sand StormsTechnological
1. Building/crane collapse2. Industrial explosion3. Major transportation accident4. Plane Crash
Types of Disasters in the UAE
Combination:
1. Public health emergency (nature & crowding)2. Heat/water emergency (with tech failure)
Effects of a Disaster
Damage to Communications:
– Telephones lines down, mobile phones jammed
– Inability of victims & rescuers to call for helpDamage to Utilities
- Electricity, water, gas, petrol affected- Increased public health risks (sanitation, air con., clean water…)- Risk of fire, explosion…
Hazards From Home Fixtures
• Gas line ruptures from displaced water heaters or ranges
• Damage from falling books, dishes, and other cabinet contents
• Electric shock from displaced appliances
• Fire from faulty wiring, overloaded plugs, or frayed electric cords
FIRST AID
What is First aid?
_ The immediate treatment provided for a severely injured or sick.
_ Does NOT replace proper medical care.
Legal Considerations: – A responsive adult must agree to receive first aid care.
– Implied Consent means that permission to perform first aid care on an unresponsive victim is assumed
SCENE SIZE UP• Perform a rapid Scene Size
Up to look for:
– Hazards might threat you, the casualty and others.
– Mechanism of Injury.
– Number of casualties.
NOTE: This should take only few
seconds.
Initial Assessment
• Learning Objectives:
– To visually determine life threatening situations or any emergencies require immediate care:
1.Breathing
2.Hemorrhage
3.Shock
4.Burns
5.Airway Obstruction
6.Cardiac Arrest
7.Fractures
Sequence of Assessment
• Conscious Victim:• Ask him about his injury or complaints.
• Check the injury, complaint and other injuries you find.
• Unconscious Victim:• Check for signs of injury or illness.
–Head to Toe Assessment.
• Provide first aid/ CPR for injuries or emergencies you find.
CONTROL BLEEDING• Usually Direct Pressure
will stop bleeding.
• Elevate the injured part to minimize blood flow.
CONTROL BLEEDING1.Usually Direct Pressure will stop bleeding.
2. Elevate the injured part to minimize blood flow.
CONTROL BLEEDING
• Internal Bleeding:
In severe internal bleeding:
• Check and AttendCABs.
• Put victim in SHOCK position.
• Call for urgent medical care.
SHOCK
• SHOCK occurs when the circulatory system fails to distribute oxygenated blood to body organs.
What to do:
– After managing life threatening injuries….. You should:
• Put the victim on his back.
• Elevate his feet to allow blood to flow back to heart and brain.
• Protect victim from hypothermia by covering him with a blanket.
BURNS
• First Degree Burns (superficial)
• Third Degree Burns (Full skin)
FRACTURES
• Types of Fractures:
– Closed (Simple) Fractures.
– Open (complicated) Fractures.
Check for:
– General signs and symptoms:
• Tenderness.
• Swelling.
• Deformity.
• Open wound.
• Crepitating.
Chain of Servival
Early recognition
Early CPR
Early Defibrillation
Early ALS
CPR
• Assess Victim: Use the acronym RAPCAB
• R- Responsiveness. Shake & shout (R U OK ?)
• A- Activate EMS ( Call 999) for help.
• P- Position.
• C- Circulation: Bleeding & Skin color.
• A- Airway.
• B- Breathing
In conclusion
We each owe the UAE a great deal, and I call on all our young people to make their own commitment. Our country deserves the best that we can give it-giving back to society is something that brings out the best in every of us.