TRENCH RESCUE DIGESTED: HOW TO APPROACH THESE INCIDENTS, BY IRAKLI WEST, REGIONAL MANAGER, NORTHERN EUROPE, PARATECH

摘要

For our purposes we define a 'trench rescue' as a soil collapse on a construction site (for example), or any other rescue effort in an unsecured trench. Trench rescues are thankfully a rare occurence - the main reason being that they present a serious hazard for rescuers. Another reason is the fact that these hazards might not be obvious to 'first due' units, who tend to be generalists rather than specialists.