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Lees de blogposts van experts die de hele wereld over reizen om hulpverleners uit allerlei landen te trainen en kennis met hen uit te wisselen.
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Outside the Box Training
16 Feb 2018As you know, training is my passion and I believe that we should grasp every opportunity to improve our skills and knowledge when it comes to technical and medical rescue. Sometimes training can...
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Vehicle on its Side: Extrication Options
26 Jan 2018A vehicle resting on its side following a collision is not an uncommon occurrence and crews should be familiar with the options they have with which to extricate the occupant(s). Fewer options When we...
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Looking Back and Being Thankful
09 Jan 2018Looking back on 2017 I have quite a lot to be thankful for, both personally and professionally. It has been a great year for myself and my family. My children are growing, physically, mentally and...
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Rapid Intervention (Part 2)
31 Dec 2017In my previous blog I provided a definition of Rapid Intervention, based on the Team Approach method used in attendance to road traffic collisions. It includes a two-stage response, splitting up the...
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Rapid Intervention (Part 1)
10 Nov 2017In the next two blogs I would like to talk about the subject of rapid intervention. Rapid Intervention is a term that is often used when talking about vehicle extrication. In my experience, it seems...
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Social Media & Rescue Development
20 Oct 2017Followers of my blog (and rescue topics on social media in general) may be aware that a recent publication of mine, regarding the use of lifting with hydraulic spreaders, created some robust debate...
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Extrication Training: Repetition vs Complexity
06 Oct 2017Having been involved with the fire service for 25 years, mostly as a firefighter and the last 15 in sales and training for vehicle extrication, I have come to realize there are no absolutes. I have...
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Options versus Safety: The Use of Spreaders for Lifting
15 Sep 2017There is a saying in English that goes ‘there is more than one way to skin a cat’. Animal lovers don’t be alarmed, it simply means there is always more than one way of achieving your objective. In...
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Multiple Vehicle / Multiple Casualty Incidents
11 Sep 2017Multiple vehicle and multiple casualty incidents are thankfully rare but do happen. In my career, I attended three such incidents and for two of those three, I was on the first vehicle in attendance...
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Electric Vehicles - Update
28 Aug 2017There was a time when I thought electric vehicles (EV’s) would be nothing more than a passing phase. With range (travel distance), price and lack of infrastructure (charging points) being major issues...