Kragh J F, Taylor D C
Department of Surgery, Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, GA 30905, USA.
Mil Med. 1995 Jun;160(6):277-9.
Fast-roping is a modified rappelling technique used by civilian and military special operations forces that frequently produces injuries. Highly classified until recently, fast-roping is poorly understood from a medical perspective. This paper presents a brief description of fast-roping and a retrospective survey of the types of fast-roping injuries sustained in a U.S. Army Ranger battalion. Injuries are similar to parachute landing fall injuries, but show a greater propensity for ankle injuries (30% of all injuries). The mechanisms of injury include landing injuries after a controlled descent and falls from a great height when an individual loses control of the rope.
速降是一种经改良的绳索下降技术,被民用和军事特种作战部队所采用,且经常导致受伤。直到最近,速降一直处于高度保密状态,从医学角度来看,人们对其了解甚少。本文简要介绍了速降,并对美国陆军游骑兵营中所遭受的速降损伤类型进行了回顾性调查。这些损伤与伞降落地伤相似,但脚踝损伤的倾向更大(占所有损伤的30%)。损伤机制包括在可控下降后的落地伤以及当个人失去对绳索的控制时从高处坠落。