Ronin Safety and Rescue staff recently spent time at the NATO airbase in Papa, Hungary to train Hungarian military members in Confined Space rescue procedures, utilizing a C17 aircraft. The document linked below is from the Magyar Honvéd magazine, a Hungarian military magazine, that provides a write up and pictures of the training done. Ronin-Training-Military-in-Hungary #confinedspace #military #NATO #rescuetraining

Background When I started learning about confined space rescue I was shown a technique using a mechanical advantage system called the “Inchworm Technique.” This technique, shown on that course, used a pre-built 4:1 mechanical advantage system on 12.5mm static kernmantle rope. The rescuer would take the system into the space and use it to pull a patient horizontally. It could be rigged to a temporary anchor in the space, a remote anchor extended into the space (rope), or the r