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4. Use
4.1. Rescuing accident victims
Lifting function
After the accident victim who has been secured using lanyards as per EN 354 has
fastened the descender and rescue lifting device to a suitable anchor point, the rope
end joint at the rope exit must be attached to the chest or back element on the full
body harness of the accident victim using the provided karabiner.
The rope between the descender and
rescue lifting device and the person to
be descended should not be slack. The
free rope at the other side is pulled
down or tautened using the handwheel.
The free rope is led through the turning
device, looped through and fixed into
the cam cleat.
The handwheel can be rotated to
elevate the accident victim till he/she
can either be lifted to a secure base or
the securing lanyard of the person to
be rescued can be detached. When
doing so, the slack rope between the
turning device and the cam cleat is
pulled downward and tightened over
and
over
again.
This
helps
in
minimising the distance over which the
person to be rescued may slip in case
the
handwheel
is
inadvertently
released.
