Rescue

ASM Rescue Training is designed to provide participants with the specialist skills and confidence required to conduct an effective rescue response in a wide range of mountain and cliff related emergencies. ASM conducts supplementary training courses for many groups and individuals that include personnel from Volunteer Rescue Teams, Helicopter Rescue Services, Mines Rescue Groups, Defence, Police, Ambulance and the Fire Brigade.

Our clients include: the RAN, RAAF, Australian Army, NSW Ambulance Service, NSW Dept of Corrective Services, State Emergency Services, CareFlight and NSW TAFE

ASM RESCUE INSTRUCTORS
As a community service The Australian School of Mountaineering provide ASM Rescue Instructors to assist the Blue Mountains based Rescue and Emergency Services with cliff rescue tasks if specifically requested by the Commanding Authorities. Individual instructors are rostered on a 24hour call out system to provide this assistance. All resources, equipment, and wages required to deploy these instructors is donated by The Australian School of Mountaineering

Top of PageTEAM CLIFF RESCUE
The ASM Cliff Rescue Course has been specifically designed for Instructors, Outdoor Leaders, and Emergency Services Professionals and Volunteers.
As a pre-requisite to this course all intending participants must have advanced abseiling and roping skills equivalent to ASM Senior Abseiling Certificate level. If in doubt please contact our office to discuss the experience requirements needed to participate.

The subjects covered will include:

  • Specialist Equipment Selection, Maintenance and Use
  • Anchor Selection and Rigging for Vertical Lowering and Hauling
  • Lowering & Hauling Systems and Management
  • Stretcher Handling, Using Various Methods and Stretcher Types, Medical Considerations During Stretcher Use, Stretcher Tie in Points and Methods for Vertical / Horizontal lowering, Raising and Helicopter Extraction
  • Tyrolean Traverse and High Line Rigging Rescue
  • Working with Helicopters
  • Communications for Rescues
  • Voice Commands and Signals
  • Use of Radio Equipment.

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Top of PageIMPROVISED ROPE RESCUE
The essential Rope Rescue skills, tips and tricks that all outdoor adventurers should know.
When things are at their worst you will need to be at your best and this course will show you how! The Improvised Rope Rescue Course covers the skills required by Abseilers, Canyoners and other ropes users to apply effective Self-Rescue techniques in the majority of emergency situations. The Improvised Rope Rescue Course is an important element of our highly recognised Abseiling Leaders Course and can also be combined with our Advanced Abseiling Course for participants to be awarded the Senior Abseiling Certificate.

This course includes training in:

  • Rope handling
  • Ascending Using Knots, Mechanical Ascenders and Improvised Methods
  • Improvised Abseiling Methods
  • Assisted Abseils
  • Rescue Abseils
  • Lowering and Raising systems
  • Improvised Casualty Evacuation methods.

You will learn that in an emergency simply being able to abseil and prussik just isn’t good enough!
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Top of PageCLIMBER’ S SELF-RESCUE
So you own a mega rack, you’ve mastered slabs and cracks and you’ve got your leading honed? Then now is the time to learn some really important climbing skills!
Climbing is great fun when it works like it should! But what happens when it goes wrong? Are you ready? Are you prepared? You’ve got yourself into trouble, now can you get yourself out? Could you improvise a system to raise an exhausted climbing partner? How about escaping from the belay? Do you know the safest options for retrieving a stuck rope? Can you rescue an unconscious lead climber? You owe it to yourself and your climbing friends to learn these rescue skills!

The ASM Climber’s Self-Rescue Course is designed to provide you and your climbing partners with the vital skills required to initiate a Self Rescue in virtually any climbing related scenario. This two-day course is suitable for all climbers, whether you’re into sport, adventure, or top-roping, every recreational climber will benefit from this training! Let ASM help you to become a more self-reliant climber.

The subjects covered in the course will include:

  • Rope & Rack – Your Improvised Self-Rescue Kit
  • Useful Knots for Self Rescue
  • Advanced Anchor Workshop – What Holds it all Together
  • Advanced Prussiking – The Latest Skills for Climbers
  • Climber Risk Management – Anticipating and Minimising Risk
  • Escaping The Belay – Getting Free of the Rope System
  • Incident Assessment – Making The Right Decisions
  • Casualty Access –Aiding the Fallen
  • Climber Rescue – Lowering and Raising Systems
  • Training Scenarios -Rescuing The Second / Rescuing The Leader
  • Evacuation – Improvised Carrying Systems
  • Some Essentials – Little Things That Make a Big Difference!

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Top of PageREMOTE AREA FIRST AID AND CASUALTY EVACUATION
The RAFACEC program was designed for outdoor professionals who may find themselves as the primary First Responder in medical emergencies in remote, wilderness areas and where delivery to an established medical facility could be delayed.
Intending participants for this course must have a Basic First Aid Certificate and previous. The successful completion of this intensive seven-day course will provide the participant with the confidence, training and ability to effectively deal with most medical emergencies.

The subjects covered in this course include:

  • Wilderness First Aid
  • Advanced Rescucitation, Patient Assessment Techniques
  • Remote Area Patient Management Skills
  • Remote Area Medical Emergency Considerations
  • Rescue Stretcher Techniques
  • Helicopter Evacuation Methods and Familiarisation
  • Radio Communications Techniques
  • Medical and First Aid Kit Contents and Preparation.