Behavioral
Objectives:
At the completion of the course the students
will:
· Understand the basic characteristics of ropes, knots, technical
gear, and litters used in low- angle, to high angle
rescue
· Be able to manage such systems with fair competency in actual
terrain.
· Understand the management skills needed to direct a technical
rope rescue mission
· Be able to tie rescue knots, including the “family of eight’s”.
The water knot, the Prusik knot, the figure
9 knot, the butterfly knot, and rescue hitches.
· Understand and utilise basic camming devices and hitches, including
mechanical ascenders, the Bachman, the Prusik
and the Kleinheist.
· Be able to construct effective anchors, including one point,
load sharing, and self- equalizing anchors, using
both rope and webbing.
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Understand and utilize natural and artificial anchors, including tress,
rocks, poles, barricades, bridge abutments,
parapets, vehicles, cliff pickets. And “dead
man”.
· Understand the applications of the tensionless anchors.
· Understand the uses of climber’s equipment for
technical rescue, including cams, “nuts”,
chocks, pitons and bolts.
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Be able to set up and manage simple 2:1 over-the-bank raising and lowering
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LHA course Boya 2001
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Be able to manage a self-belay, and understand the differences
between static and dynamic belays, and true, conditional,
and “pseudo” belays.
· Be able to tie a patient into a litter using both the Yosemite
and California State Fire Marshal’s lashing system.
· Understand the characteristics of various litters, including wire
and plastic, and other patient immobilisation devices,
including the K.E.D., spider, Miller and KED.
· Be able to rig a simple two-point litter attachment system.
· Be able to set up and manage a simple friction lowering system
using, either a 1:2:1 friction system, an 8 plate,
a munter hitch, or a brake-bar rack.
· Be able to set up and manage a simple 3:1 raising system.
· Be able to set up and manage a 4:1 “piggy-back” raising
system.
· Be able to manage a raising and lowering system for a litter and
three attendants in low-angle to fairly steep
terrain.
· Preparing a stretcher lower using an A frame
· Understand the lashing systems for building A-frames and tripods
from timber.
· Understand the basic commands involved in rope rescue systems.
· Understand the role of the Incident Command System and the unique
position of Safety Officer in rope rescue.
· Manage a safe, top-rope-belayed rappel using various friction devices.
· Ascend a fixed rope, while top-rope belayed, using various mechanical
and rope ascending devices.
· Set and manage a vertical lowering system and switch to a raising
system.
· Direct a “window washer pick-off” evolution for victims
trapped on vertical surfaces.
· Tie and manage a Yosemite “pre-rig” for a vertical
rescue evolution using a litter.
· Direct a raising and lowering evolution with a litter and litter
attendant for a vertical rescue.
· Understand the dynamics, similarities and differences between tyroleans
and telpher lowering and raising systems.
· Be exposed to current theories on high-rise and helicopter rescue
systems, including practical field demonstrations |
Today,
Rescue 3 is one of the leading rescue instructional and research organisations
in the world. RQ3 courses have become the industry standard and a benchmark
for other courses. Courses are of great value to rescue personnel, climbing
guides, river guides, outdoor leaders and those people who participate
in adventure activities. 
