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Squirrel Girl wrote:Well, the rescue was from Tarragona which is in Spain, on the southern coast, up near France.
If they had to get the victim back through a sump, presumably he had been a cave diver to get through in order to need to be rescued BACK through. They had a LOT of rescue personnel on the far side of the sump.
It made me wonder if this were a drill, but I think not.
I didn't think you could lift a Stokes Basket vertically. Or can you?
A Stokes basket, also called a Stokes stretcher or Stokes litter, is a wire basket shaped to accommodate an adult in a supine position.
Evan wrote:Might well throw this out there for clarification:
Tim, am I to assume "to accommodate an adult in a supine position" this can be Vertical within the axis of the Stokes itself. I have seen Stokes used in a Vert position, but I have also told that rescuers prefer not too unless necessary because it puts the rescuee in a uncomfortable position and increases possibility of Shock. Is this true?
Evan wrote:Thank You both for the replies!!!
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