MID-TRANSFER RESCUE
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 Published On Jan 8, 2024

A difficult rescue situation may arise where a casualty is suspended midway across a transfer maneuver.
Level 3 candidates shall demonstrate the rescue of an ‘unconscious’ casualty, i.e. feigning immobility, who is suspended:
a) at any point during a wide (more than 3 m apart) rope-to-rope transfer;
b) at any point whilst crossing a wide (more than 1.5 m offset) re-anchor (also known as a ‘loop’).

The candidate shall attend to the casualty, maneuver them out of the situation, and return them to a safe platform such as the floor.

Trainees shall show understanding of the consequences of failure of any one item of equipment and the need for four safety attachment points.
Trainees should avoid the potential for an out-of-control swing, e.g. one caused by the failure of a single item of equipment, by the use of an appropriate back-up.

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