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In the United States, where mountain and other wilderness rescue on land is usually done by volunteers, there is no equivalent diploma. However, there are many wilderness medicine conferences at which medical professionals can earn continuing education credits, and some medical schools (for example, at the University of New Mexico) have begun offering electives in wilderness medicine.
Rescue rope training Kolob Canyon, part of Zion National Park, Utah, United States is part of the larger desert the Colorado Plateau. The curriculum for participants wishing to gain fellowship is modular and is divided into electives, required topics, and experience: Required/core topics are divided into twelve sub-headings: [14]
Technical rescue is the use of specialised tools and skills for rescue, including but not limited to confined space rescue, rope rescue, trench rescue, structural collapse rescue, ice rescue, swift water rescue, underwater rescue, and cave rescue.
Rope rescue exercise on the Cologne Cable Car. Rope rescue is a subset of technical rescue that involves the use of rope, be it steel or cable rope, or more commonly used nylon, polyester, or other type of rope. Kernmantle (kern = core and mantle = sheath) rope as it is called, is available in various types: dynamic (stretches to absorb the ...
Cave rescue borrows elements from firefighting, confined space rescue, rope rescue and mountaineering techniques but has also developed its own special techniques and skills for performing work in conditions that are almost always difficult and demanding. Since cave accidents, on an absolute scale, are a very limited form of incident, and cave ...
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English: Firefighters assigned to U.S. Army Garrison Italy, rappel to rescue a victim at the 34-foot-high Army Training Command tower, during Department of Defense Technical Rope Rescue 1, Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy, Nov. 10, 2016. Firefighters here received training from instructors of the 435th Construction and Training Squadron, Ramstein ...
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