Normative Program Content

Official Regulatory Norms and applicable Brazilian Norms;
Security principles of a rescue operation;
Identification of risks associated with a rescue operation;
Assessment of risk x benefit in a rescue operation;
Elaboration of pre-plans for rescue at height and/or in confined spaces;
Standard operating protocols; organization of rescue teams, assigning roles and responsibilities to the components;
General notions about incident command system;
General knowledge about the use of a communications plan for rescue operations, as well as the use of different means of communication and the use of terminology used as standard language for emergencies;
Certification of rescue equipment and systems;
Selection and correct use of the following personal rescue equipment:
Harness, Slings or lanyards, Connectors, Helmet, Gloves, Descender, Lifts, Fall arresters, Stirrup;
Installation and operation of pre-engineered rescue or evacuation systems;
Selection and correct use of the following collective rescue equipment:
Ropes, Slings, Ring, Ribbons or anchoring beads, Connectors, Pulleys, Blockers, Stretchers, Tripod, Descenders, Lifts;
Assembly of the main stringing knots used in rescues (blocking, finishing, splicing, anchoring and securing);
Assembly of simple, semi-equalized, equalized anchorages, splits and deviations with stringing knots;
Effect of angles formed by anchorages on load distribution;
Assembly and operation of simple, composite and combined mechanical advantage systems (block);
Performance limits of rope progression equipment used in victim rescues;
Pre-use and periodic inspections of individual and collective rescue equipment used;
Identification of conditions of operational readiness or damage, defects and wear and tear for refusal of equipment that has been disapproved according to the manufacturers’ instructions;
Maintenance methods, cleaning. packaging and transport of rescue equipment;
Conceptualization of the shock force generated by arresting a fall from a height;
Fall factor concept;
How inert suspension trauma develops and its main therapeutic measures;
Use of available means of communication, as well as use of terminology used as standard language for emergencies;
Use and installation of movable textile or metallic anchoring devices, with or without mechanical or chemical fasteners;
Conceptualization of rope vertical progression techniques for rescues;
Execution of rope progression techniques in rescues for ascent, descent, passage of fractions, deviations and knots;
Execution of descent techniques on tensioned ropes;
Execution of progression techniques on horizontal and inclined ziplines;
Use of means of fortune applied to rope rescue techniques;
Execution of rescue techniques with progression by rope for descent with victims, with passage of fractions. of deviations and of knots;
Execution of rescue techniques with rope progression to move the victim downwards or upwards; Execution of rescue techniques with rope progression to unblock victims suspended from descenders, lifts or personal fall protection systems;
Know the different types of vertical transport stretchers, as well as their compatibility with the type of operation or victim’s injury;
Techniques for immobilizing victims on stretchers, with or without the use of spine or limb immobilizers;
Techniques for vertical movement of victims at heights or in confined spaces using pre-engineered rescue and evacuation systems or simple mechanical advantage systems;
Assembly and operation of vertical and horizontal movement systems for stretchers on tensioned ropes (tyrolin) horizontally, diagonally and crosswise;
Basic stretcher handling techniques (vertical, horizontal and land);
Technical factors that affect the efficiency of a rope and/or confined space rescue, (for example: performance, speed, range, duration, weather conditions, confined space environment, rescuer, etc.);
Techniques for the use of respiratory protection equipment applied for rescue.
Source: NBR 16710