The Basic Water Rescuer course is designed for personnel who may be deployed to a basic (still) water environment, such as lakes, ponds and canals, where they may be required to undertake rescues.
Course length:
2 days
Course content includes:
- Rescue 3 philosophy
- Rescuer safety
- Water and flood hazards
- Personal and team equipment
- On-scene safety briefing and site control
- Pre-planning and incident management
- Medical and de-contamination considerations
- Considerations for night operations
- Mud, ice and unstable surface considerations
- Communications
- Basic swimming and self-rescue
- Bank-based rescue options (eg throwbags)
- Entries and exits to/from the water
- Shallow water techniques
- Use of rescue platforms, sleds and boards
- Tethered swim
- Untethered swim
- Use of masks, fins and floating rescue devices
- Dealing with panicking/stressed casualties
- C-spine rolls
- Shallow water search techniques
Prerequisites:
- Must be a confident swimmer
- Minimum age: 18
Qualification valid for:
3 years
Cost:
from €250.00