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| Originally Posted by SoggyFox could you do the horizontal lift with the casualty on their back, wouldn't it mean the neck is extended without needing to be held. |
not convinced the neck would be extended "enough". you have to make sure that the neck is completely extended to guarantee the airway is open and allowing it to just fall back might be not enough. you'd end up having to come up with a method that would allow you to "push" the head back when you were facing them, which strikes me as more uncomfortable..
As for trapped air pockets, I don't get this one. If the casualty is breathing, which hopefully they are because you have the airway open, then there won't be pockets, as demonstrated by anyone who ascends horizontally. IF the casualy is not breathing, then you have more pressing matters to hand..