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Tag: commentary

What the heck is “Out of Bounds”

By Michael Coyle Posted on 10/08/2011 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with commentary, rescue, SAR, search

Some musings on how the media describe hikers and skiers as “Out of Bounds”

How not to load someone in a helicopter

By Michael Coyle Posted on 20/07/2010 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with commentary, news, rescue

The following link has some text and a video clip from a recent rescue in the Fraser Valley. http://bc.rcmp.ca/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=50&languageId=1&contentId;=15653 As you can see they are performing what we call a hover stretcher load, which I wrote about today. Now I …

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