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ITLS Access - Vehicle Extrication
This one-day course is designed for the emergency medical services provider or first responder who must gain access to patients in motor vehicle collisions. Classroom instruction and hands-on practice prepare the participant to access entrapped patients using only hand tools.
Content
The following items are covered in this ITLS Access - Vehicle Extrication class:
- Scene Size Up
- Hazards
- Fuel Spills
- Instability
- Natural Hazards
- Air Restraint Bags
- Accident Victim
- Calling for Help
- Setting Up the Scene
- Stabilization- Car on Its Wheels
- Stabilization- Resting on the Roof
- Stabilization- Resting on the Tire Edge
- Stabilization- Car on it Roof
- Stabilization- Using Spare Tire
- Accessing- Windows
- Accessing- Safety Glass
- Accessing- Tempered Glass
- Accessing- Doors
- Accessing- Roofs
- Accessing- Dropping the Roof of a Car on Its Side.
- Accessing- Floors
- Accessing- Engine Compartment
- Accessing- Trunk Compartment
- Stabilization of the Victim
- Protecting the Victim
- Disentanglement
- Disentanglement-Steering Column/Wheel
- Disentanglement-Moving the Dash/Front End
- Disentanglement-Foot/Floorboard Entrapment
- Disentanglement-Dropping the Sides
- Disentanglement-Car on its Wheels-Victim Underneath
Duration
8 hours
Prerequisites
The following are the prerequisite that a student is required to have before being allowed into this course:
- * responsibility to respond to motor vehicle collisions. (i.e fire department personnel, medical responders, police department members, tow truck personnel.
- Clothing requirements: Students must wear coveralls or clothing that they don't mind getting dirty or ripped. CSA steel toed work boots are also required. Dress for the weather, as we will be outside for day practical portion of the program.
- A waiver of liability must be signed by all participants.
Description
This one-day course is designed for the emergency medical services provider or first responder who must gain access to patients in motor vehicle collisions. Classroom instruction and hands-on practice prepare the participant to access entrapped patients using only hand tools.If you are looking for an all hydraulic tool hands-on practical, this program is not for you. We get back to the basics with hand, electric and hydraulic power tools.
Certifications Earned
Upon successful completion of this program you will have earned the following tickets:
- ITLS Access - Vehicle Extrication Certificate
Additional Information
Students will be provided with safety glasses and a hard hat.
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