Busy Week(s): SARDay 15, 16,17,18, 19 and 20
Roland Webb, 1975-2013
SARDay 15, 16,17,18, 19 and 20
Author: Michael Coyle
SAR Day 14: Executive Meeting and MIT Exam
Executive meeting again (for our team these are once a month).In addition,a task review would be conducted, examining what was done and how things could have been done better or differently.And finally, even though our MITs (Members in training) have …
SAR Day 13: Search for missing hiker near Wigeon Creek
On Monday evening the team was paged to search for a missing hiker in the Wigeon Slough area
SAR Day 12: First aid field day
Day three of the first aid course is a field day. Of course, even a field day involves some teaching, and Rollie does a good job using the back of the truck as a whiteboard. Today we covered spinal immobilization, …
SAR Day 11: Classroom first aid
The first full day of the SAR Wilderness First Aid course was spent in the classroom. Among many other things we spent a lot of time on taking accurate vitals. This is essential in order to establish weather the subject is improving …
SAR Day 9: Advanced first aid techniques
All SAR members have basic first aid skills, but in addition to the basic stuff we’re often called to assist members of the team who are paramedics, nurses or doctors. We currently have 4 paramedics, 1 firefighter, 1 coast guard …
GPS vs. Paper Maps
Ever since I saw my first mapping GPS I’ve been pretty critical of them (well, those that know me know I’m pretty critical about everything). To be clear I’m not critical about the basic utility of plotting your position on …
SAR Day 7: Hypothermia
On Tuesday the team trained for treating hypothermia. Hypothermia affects people year round. In a seminar a few years ago a BC Ambulance paramedic told us that older people who are in trouble because they have fallen inside their houses …