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Rope Rescue "Operations Level" Rope Rescue
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This basic Rope Rescue course provides students with the skills and knowledge necessary to safely work as part of a team conduction Rope Rescue operations.

At the completion of this class students will be able to:

  Demonstrate the proper use of Rope Rescue hardware
  Produce the necessary knots and bends
  Choose and construct anchor points
  Assemble mainline and belay systems
  Construct raising and lowering systems
  Demonstrate changeovers
  Safely descend a fixed rope
  Properly package victims for evacuation
  Perform as part of group; Low, Steep and High angle
  Perform basic pick-off

In addition to these manipulative skills students will:


  Understand patient safety aspects
  Describe strength ratings for equipment
  Demonstrate proper use, inspection and care of equipment
  Understand personnel and equipment limitations
  Describe the various roles within the Rescue Team and the Incident Command System (ICS)


Day 1 consists of 4 hours of classroom time and four 1 hour work stations.
Day 2 consists of 1 hour of review and 7 hours of practical application.

 

 


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