Pam and Duncan from SAS SORT team talk us through information on how to handle CBRNE  events and what the roles and responsibilities of the SORT and other teams play in these  events, and what we can do if first on scene. 

Top Tips

1) Use the steps 1,2,3 approach, uphill, uphill, scene safety, by looking after yourself you are  looking after the patients 

2) Consider the remove, remove, remove approach 

3) Tie in with the NARU tools as this keeps you up to date on chemicals and changes to them  and this will help with e.g. toxic triage 

Resources: 

Toxbase 

https://www.toxbase.org/ 

WIRELESS Information System for Emergency Responders 

https://webwiser.nlm.nih.gov/getHomeData;jsessionid=33A01B8B55E62338F7234504E1BE9BF4 

Remove, remove, remove 

https://naru.org.uk/remove-remove-remove-refreshed-ior-messaging-is-released-by-naru/ 

National Ambulance Resilience Unit (NARU) 

https://naru.org.uk