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Leading abseiler falls unconscious. What to do? 21-Aug-2014 At 2:34:43 PM DMWdesign

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On 13/08/2014 JimmyJimJam wrote:
>New to the site.
>My question is;
>What would you do if you were rappelling off a route and your partner
>("ahead/bellow)" falls unconscious? Autoblock assumed.
>A. Build a raising system to pull them up?
>B. Prussik down to them (then what?)
>C. Lower them if possible (how?)
>D. Any and All ideas welcome.

my 2 bobs worth:
Assuming you don't have a spare rope, Prusik down (using Klemheists, Prusiks or VT Prusiks) and do a pick-off recue (believe me, pick-offs need quite a bit of practice to do efficiently) Whatever you do, you want to do quickly with an unconscious patient
then descend with your partner
the pick-off will be a bit more straightforward if you can abseil down on a spare rope
you could lower them if the abseil system has been set-up as releasable