In the world of technical rescue there is a lot of technology,
and advanced equipment and training to go along with it. There
are, however, skills in the world of technical rescue that
possess a caveman-like skill set. What I mean by that is it’s
not always the expensive piece of equipment that gets the job
done. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love tools and gadgets as much
as the next guy, but the technology found in those tools came
from basic caveman-like ideas. In this article, we’re going to
look at the discipline of lifting and moving. This is a great
topic in the sense that to this day we still use those caveman-
like techniques to get the job done. Lifting and Moving is a
vital skill and requires some outside-the-box thinking from all
rescuers involved. For the purposes of this article, we’ll refer
to anything we’re going to lift as the “Load.” With that being
said, let’s punch that gas pedal to the floor and get this
article moving. The first thing a rescuer needs to learn and
understand is that you can’t