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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 most threatened. Once the initial turn is made (right or left), the search team is committed to a right or left search pattern. All other future opportunities to turn shall be the same direction/pattern.

Types of Disasters• Natural

• Manmade

• Technological

Types of Disasters in the UAE

Natural1. Cyclone, hurricane2. Flooding, tsunami3. Earthquake4. Sand Storms

Technological

5. Building/crane collapse6. Industrial explosion7. Major transportation accident8. 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 DisasterDamage to Communications:

– Telephones lines down, mobile phones jammed– Inability of victims & rescuers to call for help

Damage 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 Attend CABs.

• 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.