I know that we all cut corners when stabilizing a vehicle when there is no entrapment and we only need to board a patient, but when there is entrapment and the extrication involves more than opening the door by the handle and removing the seatbelt how far do we go to stabilize.
I rescently rolled onto a scene as mutual aid and found an extrication in process. My initial size up found that there was not a single piece of cribbing off the truck, not a wheel chock, step chock, or anything resembling a stabilization device. The extrication was already in process and the spreaders were being used to pop the passenger side door.
I know that not having stabilization in place is wrong. But the question I am posing is when cribbing a vehicle for extrication is wheel chocks and step chocks adequate, or is box cribbing necessary?
Stay Safe!
I rescently rolled onto a scene as mutual aid and found an extrication in process. My initial size up found that there was not a single piece of cribbing off the truck, not a wheel chock, step chock, or anything resembling a stabilization device. The extrication was already in process and the spreaders were being used to pop the passenger side door.
I know that not having stabilization in place is wrong. But the question I am posing is when cribbing a vehicle for extrication is wheel chocks and step chocks adequate, or is box cribbing necessary?
Stay Safe!
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