PART 2

Air Lifting Units  

This eBook accompanies the trainers' presentation program Safe Tool Operation Part 1 - Power Hydraulic Rescue Tools and affords the student logical instruction in the safe operational use of power rescue equipment witht he universal names and phrases relevant to entrapment extrication rescue  Presented as an interactive student’s book the program is equipped with an embedded electronic self-assessment and accreditation facility. 

SAMPLE PAGES -  Cover

The Program is equipped with a comprehensive active CONTENTS and comprehensive index pages

  The comprehensive index page and 'Finder' can be used to instantly search the entire program 

The Aim is fully met in the objectives which offers the student excellent learning points.

This eBook offers very relevant, essential and systematic safety briefings 

 The safety briefings on PPE are wholly relevant to firefighters when operating air lifting units 

Emphasis is placed on cleaning and decontamination, especially the cleaning of body fluids and blood from equipment 

The students' training notes cover all types of air lifting units; low pressure and high pressure airbags, their construction and lifting capacity  

A practical point by point safety brief is given in terms of safety precautions when lifting and cribbing with HAB/LAB

The safety explanation and brief continues to include airbag idiosyncrasies where schematics are used to illustrate to push home the points relevant to 'weight to tilt ratio'  

Realistic stabilisation - securing, cribbing/blocking and propping are systematically approached to offer the greatest degree of safety     

The safety implications involved in heavy lifting must be supported by a firm understanding of low distribution and the centre of gravity of various types of loads 

With the understanding that the 'centre of gravity' holds for heavy lifting, lifting on a gradient carries life-threatening implications for Rescuers where the correct stabilisation methods and procedures are not used

The students' eBook uses a series of practical applications to reinforce students' learning 

Seven practical applications use real-time issues to enforce the vital necessity for stabilising with struts to prevent lateral movement when air lifting a tractor unit for under-ride separation

The truck or trailer rear suspension, depending on the type, will have serious implications for rescuers when confronted with rear under-rides and important information and high-end graphics are used to inform and reinforce the students' knowledge  

In many areas active schematics are used to illustrate and highlight safety points while reinforcing students' knowledge    

The electronic e-assessment facility offers an achievable, stand-alone validation based on 80% of contents.  Designed to accredit individual students, it is programmed to print out a certificate upon successful completion or, where the pass mark has not been achieved, it will redirect the student to the appropriate areas of revision.  

[TOP]