SOARescue

A technical rescue medical program for the real world. Matching students with subject matter experienced instructors that provide the “why”. Adding context to medicine being provided in rescue and austere environments. YOU. More Prepared Than Ever.

With a growing industrial and commercial infrastructure, the need for technical rescue teams has grown. With that, the victims of incidents from collapse, confined space, and flooding incidents require specific medical care. Following SOARescue’s philosophy of training to be prepared, we created this course for the medical professional who may find themselves caring for a patient or team member during a rescue incident.

There has long been a divide between performing a technical rescue and providing advanced medical care. This course will help bridge the gap between providing advanced medical care and functioning at an Operations level during a technical rescue incident.

Due to their prevalence in response, the following rescue disciplines will be highlighted:

• Rope Rescue
• Confined Space Rescue
• Trench Rescue
• Vehicle Rescue
• Machine Rescue
• Structural Collapse Rescue - Floodwater rescue

This course will strictly adhere to the NFPA 1006/1670 Standard for Technical Rescue Personnel Professional Qualifications. Students will engage in medical care while receiving practical education on how a rescue may be performed. This course is NOT designed to yield an advanced technical rescuer. Instead, it is designed to enable a medical practitioner to work concomitantly with rescue teams to provide the care needed for entrapped victims. We identified common situations that rescue teams will respond to and have built scenario-based training to reflect that. All too often, EMS and Rescue agencies are not trained or equipped to be an integral part of rescue scenarios and therefore do not begin their advanced care until too late in the game.