Inner City Outings Rafting
Rescue Protocall
Priorities
Self
Others
Equipment
Assess: First guide on scene, and rescue leader.
Insure the people in your raft will stay safe.
Keep calm! Take a deep breath.
Is it safe for you to act? (What's trying to kill you?)
How many victims? Count heads. Search for missing along shore downstream, under boat, at obstructions.
Can victim(s) breathe (head up vs: head down)?
How can the situation get worse? Weather, dark, rising water, rescuer discomfort.
How much time is available?
If you respond to an emergency, ALWAYS bring your equipment: throw bag(s), first aid kit, wrap rope.
Who is in charge?
Determine the best method of rescue
Action priorities: Reach, throw, row, go
Dangers to rescuers
Time needed to set up
Equipment needed
Number of people needed
Explain your plan, in detail if time allows.
Rescue leader make team assignments. See list below
Communicate with victim(s), with rescuers, with by-standers, with outside sources.
Send for help (if needed)
Organize and direct the rescue
Rescue leader supervise - avoid hands-on involvement
Assign tasks
Stabilize the victim(s)
Ensure the situation doesn't get worse
Extricate the victim(s) safely and efficiently
Provide for first aid
Plan for evacuation
Bystander laison
Rescue Jobs
Leader
Search team
Rigger
Gofer(s)
Medic
First-aider - 1 per victim
Recorder - 1 per victim plus 1 for whole scene
Help seekers
Camp/commissary
Crowd control/Lookout
Evacuation coordinator