Chemical Decontamination of Casualties is now the responsibility of the
Health services and no longer the Fire Services. Consult with Merseyside
Regional Ambulance Trust who have, I believe a mobile decon. response Unit
and/or your Health Emergency Planning Advisor. Fire Service Decon. is
rugged as the water pressure is to high for Casualties and unless your local
service is different they only use cold water. I can only speak for London
but our unit has the ability to decon 100+ walkers per hour and I believe
50 or so stretchers who have been removed from the "hot zone" with hot
showers etc.
I'm not part of our team but if you want some more information I'll see what
I can find out.
Steve Waspe
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Subject: decontamination rooms
> Thanks to the modernisation fund I now have a large "decontamination room"
in my department. This was a nice office and a store but is now a part
tiled space with a shower in one corner, drains running along the wall with
the showers and the usual oxygen/suction etc. in the opposite corner. We
have never in my experience had a chemically contaminated casualty needing
that level of facility but no matter we are prepared. We have the fancy
suits in a box but no-one knows how to put them on yet. My question to the
group is what do we put in the room to decontaminate people with? A mop &
bucket? How do we divide the space between contaminated and clean? Do we
store clean gowns in the room?
>
> C C Scott
> A&E Consultant, Southport
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