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What do you do for rehab?
In my one dept. if its cold out we get coffee & maybe some hot chocolate & soup & then we stand in the cold & try to get warm. When its hot out we get cold to lukewarm water & stand in the heat & try to cool off. What is it like in your dept. ?
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Permalink Reply by Danny on
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We have a pretty good rehab section..they supply use with some goodies..during the summer time they give us water and gatorade in ice. Most of the rigs have coolers on them already with water and gatorade in them..we just add ice before we leave the station. Then if we are on a extended incident then they may provide us with sandwiches or even may order pizza or something on that sort. They also provide us with breakfast bars and small items for the early morning stuff and coffee or hot chocolate if someone wants that. During the winter months they provide coffee and hot chocolate and then water and gatorade to stay hydrated. They provide us with sandwiches and all the other goodies and snack items too. Depending on if we go help another agency they may provide subway sandwiches or even pizza..Everyone is really good at keeping us fed and hydrated. Our dist has a really good rehab support personel.
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Permalink Reply by DVPcapt on
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Rehab, hell we don't even have a rehab section. If were lucky somebody from FC will get us some sandwich's. In the summer we can try to cool off in the Medic rig.
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Permalink Reply by Mary Ellen Shea on
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In NYS, rehab recommendation has just recently become a standard:
The Emergency Management and Response—Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC) learned that National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1584, Standard on the Rehabilitation Process for Members During Emergency Operations and Training Exercises, which has existed for four years as a recommendation, attained “Standard” status this month. Emergency Services Sector (ESS) organizations must begin implementing the standard this year.
Emergency operations rehabilitation protects personnel, the most critical of an organization’s infrastructures, and functions as a resilience tool that enables responders to resume readiness status quickly and safely. To comply with Standard 1584, according to “FireRehab.com,” each fire department must develop and implement Standard Operating Guidelines (SOGs) that outline how they provide rehabilitation at incidents and training exercises. Rehabilitation also must be integrated into the department’s Incident Management System.
The following are nine key components of rehab required under NFPA 1584:
· Relief from climactic conditions;
· Rest and recovery;
· Cooling or re-warming;
· Re-hydration;
· Calorie and electrolyte replacement;
· Medical monitoring;
· EMS treatment in accordance with local protocol;
· Member accountability; and
· Release from rehab.
An array of resources, including online training, case studies, clinical studies, and relevant links, are available at http://www.firerehab.com. To view the article, “Making Rehab a Requirement: NFPA 1584,” click on http://www.firerehab.com/Columnists/McEvoy/articles/327047.
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Permalink Reply by Engineco913 on
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"plethora" Woa someone going for bonus Scrabble points lol
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We try to warm up/cool off, (depending on conditions) get rehydrated, have our vitals taken, and if the call is long enough are provided food through the Local Rehab unit. (canteen truck) If the person passes medical monitoring they are released back to duty for another round. Rehab is required after 2 entries, or whenever an officer or the safety officer deems it necessary to be done.
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and without any caffienated stimulation either!!
I need to get a life.
:)
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try szygy if you want a scrabble winner....
if you place that right you can get 50+ points on that, and amaze your friends and family.
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I got to add that one to my brain full of useless knowledge lol
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Permalink Reply by Art "ChiefReason" Goodrich on
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Here is some useful info:
http://www.firefighternation.com/forum/topic/show?id=889755%3ATopic...
TCSS.
Art
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Permalink Reply by Marc Hansen on
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Chris,
for rehab the county has a decon tent that can be used for rehab it comes with a cool water mister and also has furnace and a/c if I remember right. All you have to do is ask for it and someone from hazmat team will deliver it. We used at one of the wharehouse fires in beaver falls this summer and it was great. Also believe that Northwestern is in process of converting a former FEMA trailer to be used for large incident rehab and have heard recently that station 15 is looking at getting rehab equipment. Instead of standing in the weather get back inside your engine not an ideal rehab area but a little shelter and heat is better than none. All else fails find our rescue the water cooler/heater is now working again and you can at least have hot/cold water and instant coffee/soup
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Permalink Reply by Mike Lewis on
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We are lucky enough to have a walk in heavy rescue. It is heated, has A/C, 2 coffee pots and a cell phone. We keep water by the gallon and individual bottles handy at all times, along with coffee mix, cremora, sugar, swiss miss hot coco and lipton cup o soup. Sounds like alot, but it actually takes up very little room. We have an additional rig, our fire prevention vehicle which is a converted ambulance, set up similar along with folding chairs an a pop up tent. We use it is for long duration events or if our heavy rescue we effectionately dubbed as "the mother ship" is on the job elsewhere. We have also made arrangements with a couple local delis within our district willing to open their doors 24/7 to us , willing to supply sandwiches or whatever deemed necessary during those "overnight" events.
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