High Angle Rescue Techniques Text and Field Guide Package

by Vines & Hudson

• ISBN13: 9780323019149
• ISBN10: 0323019145
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-23
• Publisher: Mosby

Summary

This updated edition of "High Angle Rescue Techniques" offers the latest in compliance with nationally recognized standards set by OSHA and the NFPA. This package includes a pocket guide of techniques condensed from the book.

Table of Contents

The High Angle Environment

Personal Equipment and Protection

Rescue Rope and Related Equipment

Care and Use of Rescue Rope and Related Equipment

Use and Care of Basic High Angle Rescue Hardware

Tying Basic Knots for Rescue

Anchoring for High Angle Operations

Belaying of One-Person loads

Rappelling

Basic Ascending Techniques

Organizing the Team and Managing the Rescue, Medical Considerations for Rescuers

Rescue Belaying

Pickoff Rescue Techniques

Litters: Packaging and Rigging, Medical Considerations for Litter Patients

Slope Evacuation in Rescue

High Angle Lowering for Rescue

Hauling Systems for Rescue

Towers: Safety Considerations and Rescue Approaches

Highlines for Rescue

Special Rescue Problems

Helicopter Operations for the Rescue Technician

Testing of Rescue Systems and Equipment

Standards Setting Organizations and Further Reading

High Angle Skills Checklists

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