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Cabin Crew & Rescue · Intermediate

Aircraft Accident Survival & Rescue Operations

Survivability and rescue: why people survive crashes, the post-crash environment, search and rescue organisation, extrication, triage and survivor care.

100 hStudy time5Modules15Lessons0/15Lessons ready

Syllabus

  1. M01

    Crash Survivability

    • 1.1Impact forces and human tolerance limitsIn preparation
    • 1.2Cabin crashworthiness: seats, restraint and evacuation designIn preparation
    • 1.3Brace positions, exit behaviour and evacuation timingIn preparation
  2. M02

    The Post-Crash Environment

    • 2.1Post-crash fire, smoke and toxic atmospheresIn preparation
    • 2.2Fuel, chemical, composite and ballistic hazardsIn preparation
    • 2.3Aircraft stability, live systems and the safe approachIn preparation
  3. M03

    Search & Rescue Organisation

    • 3.1ICAO Annex 12 and the SAR systemIn preparation
    • 3.2Alerting and locating: ELT, ADS-B and last-known-position methodsIn preparation
    • 3.3Air and ground search patterns and scene accessIn preparation
  4. M04

    Rescue Operations

    • 4.1Aircraft extrication techniques and toolsIn preparation
    • 4.2Triage systems and casualty prioritisationIn preparation
    • 4.3Helicopter, water and remote-terrain rescueIn preparation
  5. M05

    Survivor Care & Coordination

    • 5.1Survivor reception, identification and family assistanceIn preparation
    • 5.2Psychological first aid for survivors and respondersIn preparation
    • 5.3Multi-agency command, exercises and lessons learnedIn preparation