About the Course
“Rope based litter operations have become the hallmark of rope rescue team around the world. The moving of an injured patient over, around and through various terrain types is most often best accomplished by packaging that person in a litter. Modern litters are strong, rigid and adaptable to many applications. Teams that are serious about patient care and transport will devote a considerable amount of training time perfecting their litter based technique and operations.” - Steve Crandall
What You'll Learn
Join us inside this exclusive Litter Operations course where we'll be breaking down topics and concepts like:
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Movement through Class 1-2 Terrain
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Why moving through Class 2-3 is not a walk in the park
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Navigating steep terrain in not glamorous and why
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Why vertical terrain possibly the easiest on the body
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And more!
Learn from Some of the Best in the Industry
Learn more about the expert instructors
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Making the world safer, together
Rigging Lab Academy: Multiple Instructors
This course is brought to you through the efforts of multiple Rigging Lab Academy Instructors. These instructors have hand-selected material from their full-featured courses — all of which are exclusively available here at Rigging Lab Academy — and contributed them to a specific section or unit of this course. By blending the teachings of various instructors, Rigging Lab Academy members will gain exposure to different areas of expertise, course materials, and teaching methodologies.
Course Curriculum
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1
Unit 1: Welcome
- 1.1 Welcome FREE PREVIEW
- 1.2 Terrain Assessment and Rope Rescue Strategy and Tactics
- 1.3 Attendants, The Patient, Class and The Form
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Unit 2: Low Angle Litter Handling and Management
- 2.1 Low Angle Definitions, Terrain and Moving The Patient
- 2.2 Route Finding and Getting Through
- 2.3 Low Angle Litter Management
- 2.4 Quiz: Low Angle Litter Handling
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Unit 3: Class 3-4 Litter Handling
- 3.1 Class 3-4 Litter Handling
- 3.2 Transitioning from Class 3 to Class 4 Litter Movement (Twin Tension System)
- 3.3 Guiding Lines in Class 4 Litter Rescue and Evacuation
- 3.4 Quiz: Class 3-4 Litter Handling
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Unit 4: Class 5 Litter Handling
- 4.1 Class 5 Litter Handling
- 4.2 Video Tutorial: Vertical Litter Rigging (Ground Exercise)
- 4.3 Video Tutorial: Class 5 Litter Handling (Technician Level)
- 4.4 Video Tutorial: 5th Class Litter Raise: Horizontal to Vertical Raise
- 4.5 Quiz: Class 5 Litter Handling
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Unit 5: Patient and Litter Packaging
- 5.1 Patient and Litter Packaging Overview
- 5.2 Patient Tie-In Systems
- 5.3 Video Tutorial: Patient & Litter Packaging, Option 1
- 5.4 Video Tutorial: Patient & Litter Packaging, Option 2
- 5.5 Patient Packaging - Immobilization Systems Introduction to the Spec Pak
- 5.6 Patient Packaging - Immobilization Systems - Spec Pak - Where Why How
- 5.7 Patient Packaging in a Hole - Spec Pak
- 5.8 Patient Packaging - Sked Stretcher Spinal Packaging - Horizontal and Vertical
- 5.9 Video Tutorial: Tower and Structural - The Litter Scoop
- 5.10 Quiz: Litter Packaging
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Unit 6: Wrap Up
- 9.1 Wrap Up