High Angle II is the part of rope rescue where we learn how to move the patient from wherever they are, to a place of safety or to someone who can provide better medical care and can get them to a hospital. On this course you learn to secure the patient in the stretcher, how to rescue a patient who is uninjured but stuck, how to pull a stretcher up to the top of a cliff (or building) and how to lower it to the bottom. How to move sideways across gaps, as well as some of the techniques associated with specific rescue problems.
Please note that you must have completed AND PASSED High Angle I before you may commence with this course.
You need to be fit enough to:
Carry all your equipment
Ascend back up whatever height you have abseiled
Be a member of a 6-man team carrying a 100kg patient 300m cross country.
Your fitness will be assessed during the course and if you are not fit enough then you will not be permitted to complete the course.
The assessment takes place in 2 phases:
A written theory exam of 150 marks. The pass mark is 60%
A series of skills stations where you must rig stretchers, construct anchor systems, rig raising and lowering systems and perform a solo pick-off rescue. You may not make functional or safety errors during these practical assessments.
Selection, capabilities, limitations, use, inspection, care and storage of:
Pick-off harnesses
Load-release straps
Pulleys
Anchor plates
Edge rollers
Tipods, A-frames and Gin-poles
Solo rescuer
Team-based
Multi-point anchors
Anchor pre-tension
Principles
Horizontal orientation
Vertical orientation
Jockey mobility
Mechanical advantage and pulley systems
Changing from lower to raise and vice-versa
Passing knots on raise and lower
Tyrolean traverse
Norwegian reeve highline
English reeve highline
Aerial cable-way
Pole-top rescue
Cliff rescue
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Use of all rescue equipment for the duration of the course |
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Training handbook |
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Any permit fees for off-site training |
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Costs associated with one round of assessment. |
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EXCLUDED |
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Transport to and from class |
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Accommodation |
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Appropriate clothing |
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Supplementary exam costs if the first attempt is unsuccessful |
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Meals |