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Victim Carries and Drags Victim Carries and Drags – 2002 Edition, NFPA 1001 5.3.9 NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE Skill Sheet 16-1 Candidate's Name Date Evaluator's Name Evaluator's Signature The candidate, given a complete set of PPE, shall demonstrate proper victim moving techniques using the extremity carry, seat carry, blanket drag, and clothing drag in accordance with Delmar, Firefighter’s Handbook, 2 ed., NYS ed. The student may use an assistant; however, the student must instruct the assistant as if he/she had no prior knowledge. JPR 16-2, 16-3, 16-4, and 16-5 Time limit for this station is 15 minutes. 02/2007 Criteria: Pass Fail EXTREMITY CARRY Rescuer 1 lays the victim on his back and kneels at the victim’s feet Rescuer 1 grabs the victim’s arms and pulls them into a seated position with knees bent Rescuer 2 kneels behind the victim and crosses the victim’s arms across chest and reaches under arm pits and grabs the victim’s wrists Rescuer 1 faces away from the victim and kneels at the victim’s feet With back straight and using leg muscles, both rescuers lift together and carry victim to destination. SEAT CARRY Rescuers face each other and grasps own right forearm just above the wrist Rescuers then grasp each other’s left forearm and kneel onto the ground on one knee Victim is instructed to sit on rescuers’ joined arms and rescuers lift together BLANKET DRAG With victim laying face up, blanket or other similar item is laid along side the victim with half of the blanket gathered close to the victim’s body Raise the victim’s arm closest to the rescuer, roll the victim onto his side closest to rescuer, and tuck the gathered blanket material close to the victim’s body Roll the victim onto his back on the blanket, pull blanket material toward rescuer and wrap it onto victim Rescuer steps to head of victim and grabs blanket and drags victim head first while lifting blanket CLOTHING DRAG Place the victim on the back, arrange clothing to provide support to the head and neck Grasp top of the victim’s clothing on each side of the victim’s head, supporting the head with rescuer’s forearms. Keep victim’s head low to the floor and pull victim to safety. Evaluator Notes on Back