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self belaying 30-Jan-2006 At 1:31:12 PM DaCrux

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I actually read the whole report last night – not sure why I bothered. The referencing is so poor the guy could easily get in trouble tor plagiarism, he’s using secondary sources which quote studies he’s already included, his literature search consisted of getting articles/studies from his mates – so I’m sure there’s no bias (right), he’s confusing different medical conditions – e.g. postural hypotension with venous pooling and finally the literature he reviewed is conflicting – so you cannot really draw any conclusions. Different types of harnesses are used with different attachment points, some articles review data about early mountaineers who just tied the rope around their chest. Some of the studies indicate respiratory obstruction rather than harness hang syndrome, and some of the reviews of accidents indicate shock/hypothermia. In the “controlled studies” different people had different reactions, some developed high blood pressure/pulse some low blood pressure. It seems that “harness hang syndrome” does exist – but it’s not clear what causes it, how quickly it occurs and what the treatment should be. To illustrate how bad this report is read paragraph 3 on page 3 which claims that Christ died of orthostatic shock on the cross – what the?!