Course Content

• Course Introduction
  • Course introduction
  • What is a major incident?
  • Manchester Arena Bombing
• Personal Roles
  • Personal roles
• Ambulance Control
  • Ambulance control
  • Ambulance control and a major incident
  • How a 999 call is handled at a call centre - Severe bleed scenario
  • How a 999 call is handled by the EMS - CPR Scenario
  • How a 999 call is handled by the call centre - Heart Attack Scenario
• Arriving on the Scene
  • Arriving at scene
  • Initial assessment and planning
  • Scene overview
  • Setting the scene
• Triage Basics
  • What is Triage
  • The goal of triage
  • Discriminators
  • How do we triage correctly
  • Initial impression
  • ABCDE and triage
  • Active listening
  • Analgesia in triage
  • Assessing pain
  • Documentation and triage
  • Establishing patient presentations
  • Establishing patient history
  • Existing medications
  • NEWS2 and triage
  • Triage categories
  • Professional considerations
• Ten Second Triage
  • The Ten Second Triage Tool
  • Using The Ten Second Triage Tool
• Triage and MIPS
  • Triage
  • Triage labels
  • Triage cards
  • Secondary Triage
  • Secondary Triage - example
• Problems, Survivors and Casualties
  • Expect the unexpected
  • If things go wrong
  • Supporting families
  • Survivors
• Radio Communications
  • Types of radio
  • Using radios
  • Right and wrong way to use a radio
  • Radio protocols and sending a message
  • Phonetic alphabet and numbers
  • Prowords in radio communications
  • Call signs
  • Radio Checks
  • Radio check example
  • Losing communications
  • Broadcasting and talk groups
  • Hytera PDC 550 – 4G/VHF/UHF combined
  • Workplace radios
  • Radio Licences
  • Dual Sim Radio
  • Increasing battery life
  • Carrying and transporting radios
  • Basic considerations when using radios
  • Transmitting Techniques
  • 3G and 4G radios
• METHANE Reports
  • The METHANE report
  • The incorrect METHANE report
  • The correct METHANE report
  • METHANE report exercise
  • Quarry METHANE
• MIPS Lessons
  • Course Content and introduction
  • Preparation
  • Command and Control
  • The Developing Incident
  • Treatment
  • Health and Emergency Services
  • Management of the Dead
  • Safety
  • Assessment
  • Triage
  • Communications
  • METHANE
  • Transport - part one
  • Transport - part two
  • CBRN Specialist Responses - part one
  • CBRN Specialist Responses - part two
  • Post Event Procedures
  • Types of EMS
  • Terminology
• Incident at a Quarry
  • MIPS Location Introduction at the quarry
  • Access and Egress
  • Accessing Casualties
  • Dealing with the media
  • Dealing with the public
  • Do all major incidents involve multiple casualties
  • Getting further advice
  • IIMARCH briefing
  • Locally available assets
  • Remaining calm
  • Site planning
  • Tabards
  • Updating METHANE
  • What is defined as a major incident
  • Working with other services and organisations
  • Effective communications
  • The role of the HSE
  • The importance of planning
  • Aide memoirs
  • Leaving the scene
• Tabletop Exercises - Quarry
  • MIPS site planning table top exercise
  • Table top exercise - Arrival Part 1
  • Table top exercise - Arrival Part 2
  • Table top exercise - Arrival Part 3
  • Table top exercise - Triage and transportation
  • Table top exercise - Liaising with other services - Part 1
  • Table top exercise - Liaising with other services - Part 2
• Petrochemical Plant
  • Hazards of the tank farm
  • Hazards from the sea
  • Loading and unloading dangers
  • Being ready for an emergency
  • Keeping the public safe
  • When the alarm sounds
  • Processing area
  • The control room
• Tabletop Exercises - Petrochemical Plant
  • Table top exercise - Petrochemical Facility
• Course Summary
  • Course Summary