Maybe contentious, most hangings are already cut down on arrival, some are
still up. With free hands to spare, you have to lift the patients own weight,
and cut through the rope, normally i would suggest three people, a fourth
could support the head. Unsupported the patient will fall heavily and could
injure rescuers. Following ABC's, Airway takes precedence over C-spine, and
dependant on height of drop if the patient didn't suffocate first then the
spinal injury would have probably caused irreversible damage.
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