Course Description

This course provides the knowledge and skills to respond to a school bus accident, including bus anatomy, rescue techniques, and mass casualty incident response.

Capacity: Min. 8 / Max. 12

Learner Outcomes

• Define school bus terminology and anatomy
• Identify common bus types
• Discuss common bus construction materials and frame design
• Review hazards associated with school bus incidents
• Review types of tools that may be required at a school bus incident.
• Identify Rescuer PPE and Patient Protection
• Discuss the importance of a tool maintenance and organization:
  • At termination of the incident
  • At the Fire Hall
• Discuss patient assessment techniques
• Review methods of assessing patient extrication requirements
• Identify assessment options for patient packaging and removal
• Discuss the process of planning, receiving dispatch and responding
• Review the steps of arrival, establishing fire protection, scene safety zones and staging equipment
• Identify the procedures for assessing the vehicle and patient, managing potential hazards and stabilization
• Review options for creating access and egress openings for rescuers and patients, disentangling, and removing victims
• Identify steps of terminating the incident