HIGH ANGLE 2 ROPE RESCUE

WHERE?
CLIENT PREMISES OR JHB
DURATION?
10-15 DAYS
PHYSICALITY?
6  / 10
AGES
14-55
SEASONALITY
YEAR ROUND
LIMITATIONS
MAX 12 PEOPLE
ABOUT THIS COURSE

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.

PRE-REQUISITE LEVEL OF FITNESS

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.

ASSESSMENT FORMAT

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.

Please familiarise yourself with our Terms and Conditions before booking.
EQUIPMENT

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

PICK-OFF RESCUES
  • Solo rescuer

  • Team-based

ADVANCED ANCHORING
  • Multi-point anchors

  • Anchor pre-tension

STRETCHER RIGGING
  • Principles

  • Horizontal orientation

  • Vertical orientation

  • Jockey mobility

RAISING AND LOWERING SYSTEMS
  • Mechanical advantage and pulley systems

  • Changing from lower to raise and vice-versa

  • Passing knots on raise and lower

TENSIONED LINE SYSTEMS
  • Tyrolean traverse

  • Norwegian reeve highline

  • English reeve highline

  • Aerial cable-way

SPECIFIC PROBLEMS
  • Pole-top rescue

  • Cliff rescue

WHAT'S INCLUDED ?

 

 INCLUDED

Use of all rescue equipment for the duration of the course

 Training handbook

Any permit fees for off-site training

 Costs associated with one round of assessment.

 

 

 

 EXCLUDED

Transport to and from class

Accommodation

Appropriate clothing

Supplementary exam costs if the first attempt is unsuccessful

Meals

 

INCLUDE THE KIT
Purchase a several items of kit to make yourself rescue-ready.
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