Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: The authors have characterised the major rescue service units operating at the Krakow Airport: the Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Unit, the Airport Medical Emergency Unit, and Airport Security Service.The Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Unit cooperating with the external National Fire Service is responsible for evacuating the casualties and reducing the damage done by the crash.The Airport Medical Emergency Unit supported by Medical Rescue Teams dispatched by the Krakow Emergency Service is responsible for medical care, which constitutes of primary segregation, the implementation of respective rescue procedures, and transporting the casualties to appropriate hospitals and specialist centres.Airport Security Service supports the rescue operation as a whole and coordinates the arrivals of external rescue services.After the primary procedures at the incident location, casualties should be transported to hospital emergency rooms, where, after secondary segregation, a decision on treatment or further transportation to a specialist centre is made.Additionally, psychological help at hospitals should be available to the casualties, those close to them, and for the participants of the rescue operation.Considering the fact that the incidents happening at the Airport are usually unforeseeable, all rescue services operating there must be ready for action at all times.Since rescue operations are often related to chaos and stress, all actions must be rehearsed and perfected on a dayto-day basis so that they are implemented as effectively as possible when a mass-casualty incident occurs.Key wordsplane crash, airport rescue service and supporting units, the principles of cooperation of the airport service units, plane crash.
Language: Polish
Subfield: Emergency Medical Services
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7209517039