Name: Rope Rescue Techniques:
Brand: Jones and Bartlett Learning
SKU: 47266
Price: 101.95 USD
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Rope Rescue Techniques: Principles & Practice, Fifth Edition provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of rope rescue, including planning, PPE and equipment, medical considerations, evacuations, and special rescue operations. Based on the 2021 Edition of NFPA 1006 (Chapter 5), Standard for Technical Rescuer Professional Qualifications, the fifth edition has been significantly revised to reorganize content by Awareness, Operations, and Technician levels.

Prepare to succeed in the classroom, on the training ground, and in the field.

For fire and rescue professionals who want to bridge the gap between training and the field, the fifth edition reinforces proper skills performance by providing clear, visual instructions for awareness, operations, and technician-level skills.
A wealth of visual skill drills are included throughout to illustrate step-by-step instructions with photos for completing specific skills.
The new Size-up chapter helps define the role of the awareness-level rescuer in scene size-up, including how to interview witnesses to determine victim’s location and the scope of the incident
Expanded coverage of preplanning and hazard identification, risk assessment, and maintaining situational awareness
New content on the SMART method to developing an Incident Action Plan, hazard-specific PPE, rope systems equipment, rigging principles, and active fall protection.

Chapter 1 Becoming a Rope Rescuer
Chapter 2 Size-Up
Chapter 3 Hazards Associated with Rope Rescuers
Chapter 4 Initiating a Response
Chapter 5 Supporting the Operations- or Technician-Level Rescue Incident
Chapter 6 Developing the Incident Action Plan
Chapter 7 Hazard-Specific Personnel Protective Equipment
Chapter 8 Rescue Equipment
Chapter 9 Ropes, Knots, Bends, and Hitches
Chapter 10 Principles of Rigging
Chapter 11 Anchorages
Chapter 12 Belay Operations
Chapter 13 Patient Evacuation
Chapter 14 Lowering Systems
Chapter 15 Mechanical Advantage Systems
Chapter 16 Working in Suspension
Chapter 17 Horizontal Systems
Chapter 18 Personal Vertical Skills
Chapter 19 Pickoff and Litter Management
Chapter 20 Special Rescue Disciplines for Additional Training

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