Head First - Arm Bar Rescue Drag
I learned this drag from the instructors at Prepare 4 Rescue (on Facebook).
I personally prefer feet 1st, leg drags. However, sometimes the occupant is laying head 1st towards the exit, or there isn’t enough space for me to get to their legs to spin them. This is the situation that I would use an arm bar drag.
The benefit of the arm bar drag is that the occupant’s arm is locked into yours. So if they are slippery, you won’t lose your grip.
The negative of the arm bar drag is it may be hard on your back. It’s hard to keep your back in an upright position during this drag, unlike the feet 1st drag. If I have to drag an occupant a large distance, I want to be doing a feet 1st drag.
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After 30 plus years of working on a rescue, I’ve learned that all of these techniques for dragging or using webbing may work in one place or another. No two victims have ever drug out the same. They are often wearing little to no clothes as they were caught sleeping. They are often slick as a greased pig because their body is under stress and they are sweating profusely. It seems like the average rule is that for every 100 lbs of weight, it correlates directly with what floor they are on…100 and below first floor, 200 second etc. basements start at 200 and go up based on landings…. Firefighters playing victims no matter how limp they try to be, still have a muscle rigidity a truly unconscious person will not have. Many webbing tricks that work great on the training ground fail in spectacular fashion when tried in real life. Always have a next try. Don’t forget the simplest thing, a bed sheet, a shower curtain, whatever is right there where you find them. Try the arm bar. If they tap out enroute… they can get themselves out. Keep training!!!!