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Desert Rose Instructors Attend Biker Down Course
The Kent Fire Bike Team came down to East Sussex for a day of off road instruction a couple of weeks ago. Jim and Lol threw themselves at the exercises and had a great day out. Well this week it was 2 of the Desert Rose instructors who became the students, attending a BikerDown course at Rochester Fire Station. Harry and Paul made the trip to Rochester to take part in the training course which is geared towards accident scene management, first aid for motorcyclists and the issue of helmet removal. Whilst we hope never to have to put the skills into practice it is always good to understand the importance of responding appropriately when accidents do happen.
The Biker Down initiative is an award winning road safety scheme which covers 3 core modules: Incident scene management A presentation from the FireBike team, on-scene management and personal safety for a biker happening upon a crash involving a fellow biker. Casualty care This module is delivered by qualified life support instructors from KFRS with motorcycle first aid-specific expertise, covering; trauma and mechanism of injury, snatch rescues, why when and how, basic life support, CPR, managing spinal injuries and crash helmet removal – when and how. The thinking biker During this session the attendees receive instruction and advice on conspicuity – how effective is high-vis?
- Paul King
- 11th May, 2022
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