RESCUE & RESUSCITATION

The Rescue and Resuscitation (R&R) event, in its different forms, provides the opportunity for SLSA to demonstrate in a competitive manner, the original and developing methods of rescue as well as the modern techniques of resuscitation. There are various age divisions as well as a variety of procedures and formats which are aimed at combined patrol procedures, and an introduction of the younger member into the field of rescue and resuscitation which is, after all, the prime reason for SLSA’s existence.

The various formats the R&R competition takes are:

5 Person: Team consists of five competitors – one acting as patient, one as beltman and rescuer and the other three as reel and line operators.

2 Person: Team consists of two competitors – one acting as patient and the other as rescuer.

6 Person: Team consists of six competitors – similar to 5 Person, with the sixth competitor utilising the rescue tube as an assistant to the beltman in the rescue.

2 person R &R events start at Under 10 / Under 11, and go through to Under 15. Teams are not gender based, and can be mixed girls / boys.

5 & 6 Person R&R event commences at Under 15  and goes through to Open age, and there are men’s, women’s and mixed team events.