You arrive at an industrial estate where a worker has collapsed after entering a tank. A colleague is coughing after attempting rescue and bystanders

Question

You arrive at an industrial estate where a worker has collapsed after entering a tank. A colleague is coughing after attempting rescue and bystanders are moving toward the tank entrance; no fire service is on scene yet. What is the most appropriate immediate action?

Accepted Answer

Keep responders out, establish cordon and request fire/HART support

Answer

Move the casualty into your ambulance for decontamination

Answer

Send the coughing colleague back in with oxygen

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Enter quickly because early airway care is time critical

Answer

Ask bystanders to retrieve the casualty with a rope

Hazardous materials secondary contamination — DipIMC MCQ

You arrive at an industrial estate where a worker has collapsed after entering a tank. A colleague is coughing after attempting rescue and bystanders are moving toward the tank entrance; no fire service is on scene yet. What is the most appropriate immediate action?