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18 August 2023
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Training: Search and rescue fast strapping for victim rescue
In this video we will be discussing and demonstrating another method for fast strapping, which is considered to be a general term used to describe a variety of techniques for quickly applying webbing to a victim to assist with their rescue or extraction. The specific method reviewed in this video is what I like to refer to as the "shoulder hitch". If you're a fire fighter, in the military, a police officer and/or participate in a rescue task force or tactical EMS team then you can benefit from watching this video. Remember for any fast strapping technique to be practical it should satisfy the following key elements:
1. Be fast
2. Be efficient
3. Be effective
4. Be "relatively" safe, causing no major harm to the victim or you as the rescuer
5. Be executed without ever having to completely let go of the webbing anywhere in the process
6. For fire fighterss: Be performed while wearing full PPE, including fire fighter gloves
7. Be able to be executed in ZERO visibility without making any major mistakes
If anyone of these seven factors cannot be accomplished, you need more practice or you should strongly consider using a different fast strapping technique.
Source: Dale G Pekel
1. Be fast
2. Be efficient
3. Be effective
4. Be "relatively" safe, causing no major harm to the victim or you as the rescuer
5. Be executed without ever having to completely let go of the webbing anywhere in the process
6. For fire fighterss: Be performed while wearing full PPE, including fire fighter gloves
7. Be able to be executed in ZERO visibility without making any major mistakes
If anyone of these seven factors cannot be accomplished, you need more practice or you should strongly consider using a different fast strapping technique.
Source: Dale G Pekel