Member of the North West Ambulance service have taken part in the gruelling Hazardous Area Response fitness test.
The test takes place biannually and it's for the specially trained team who are trained to triage and treat patients in particularly hazardous areas
The HART is trained in breathing apparatus, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents, confined space, urban search and rescue, water related incidents and working at height jobs as well as working closely with armed police and riot training.
The training involves a 14 minute fitness tests while wearing breathing apparatus weighing 25kgs, while repeating 32 steps on an aerobic step, carrying two 7kg dumbbells, a 50m walk carrying two 7kg dumbbells while performing a clinical intervention such as putting on a bandage dressing.
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