Shibari How To: Lesson 8/Scene Checklists
Pre - scene check list
1. Communication: talk about what you plan on doing, any kind of medical or psychological problems that may come out in the scene you’re going to do.
What do you plan to do?
Safe words or other communication codes?
Does the victim have any injuries to look out for, or to work around?
Is the victim diabetic, asthmatic or epileptic?
Have any other medical problems? Have supplies for any medical needs around.
After care needs?
2. Make sure all your emergency equipment is where it’s supposed to be.
EMT shears where you can reach it fast! (like on your belt, or in your boot).
Keep water handy
Have cranberry juice for people with sugar imbalances ready.
Have any medication handy if needed.
Make sure your emergency equipment is handy and working.
Keep a blanket and towel around, it’s possible for body temp to drop during and after a scene.
Know where there is a first aid kit, fire extinguisher, and flash light.
3. Check and clean all your equipment.
Prepare all your rope. Make sure it’s clean, and no frays or tears in the rope.
Check your ropes, remember this is the only thing that keeps your victim secure!
Always check the equipment first, and test it on yourself. You don’t want to find the equipment is faulty on someone who is immobile, this is extremely dangerous to their safety!
Scene check list
Communication: check on your victim during the bondage, make sure everything is OK. Check to make sure there are no blood flow or nerve pressure problems happening.
If there are blood flow issues, it’s not an emergency! So do not freak out! Just adjust the rope and position to help with that. Some victims do not mind numb body parts. Usually a limb can stay numb for hours before any damage starts to set in. Consult a doctor more about these issues.
Nerve (compression) damage - This is a serious issue and should be taken care of ASAP! A victim will know the difference between numbness and nerve damage, that is a bad bad bad pain (meaning not a good pain) and can cause semi-long term or even possible permanent damage. Also sometimes nerve damage will not hurt, and just feel numb, and how you tell this is if they can NOT move the fingers or toes at all. With numbness a person can still move their fingers and toes even though they are numb.
If you need water or orange/cranberry juice for sugar levels, do so! If bondage will be for a long period of time, they will need to replace water.
Adjust rope if you need too! Everyone’s physiology is different, on one person a tie may be perfect, but may not work on someone else. Sometimes just moving the rope 1/4″ of an inch can turn hell into heaven, or heaven into hell for the person. So if it does not work, experiment a little. Remember nerves are microscopic in size!
Post-Scene checklist
Some of these can be started during or at the end of the scene.
Communication: check on your victim’s needs and see how they feel.
Start after care!
When taking your victim out of ropes, most likely they will not be able to keep their balance, especially if they were in sub space or exhausted or weak from the scene.
When taking rope off, there will be rope marks. You can either leave them, and let the blood fill naturally. Or you can give them a message to help the blood came back. Either is acceptable, but usually the victim will like the message more.
Your victim will be cold, and/or wet. So keep a blanket around to put on them to warm them up. And a towel to dry them off.
Most likely your victim will need water, sugar or possibly food to replenish!
Clean and organize your equipment and rope.
Assess the scene when possible.
Emergency Removal:
Remember that rope is cheap, and easily replaceable, a good victim is not! So if there is a problem, and you don’t think you can safely remove the victim in time, DO NOT hesitate to cut the rope off with EMT shears! You have to recycle your victims, so you can use them over, and over and over! ==B)
1. First, you have to keep your cool! A top that loses control can be more deadly than any situation!
2. Secondly, assess the situation. Sometimes cutting a person out right away can put them in more danger then leaving them in and taking them out slowly.
3. If others are going to help you, keep control of what is going on! Tell them what and when to do things! Someone else doesn’t know your rope work, and can put your victim in danger by cutting or removing the wrong rope at the wrong time! Having a spotter is a good idea, but either way, keep control of the scene!
4. Do not hesitate to call 9-1-1, it’s better to be safe then sorry!
5. Work on some major After Care!
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