SAR Fundamentals/Evening 4 start-up/Content Review
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- When do you finish gathering background information about the lost subject?
- How accurate (in meters) is a GPS with and without WAAS?
- Is a GPS effective in a heavy blizzard?
- Name 4 different types of instruments used to help navigate for ground SAR.
- After how much time does quality of searching begin to wane for an individual?
- How many active search techniques are there for searching by foot?
- If you wanted as close to 100% POD as possible, what type of search would you use?
- What does a confinement team do?
- What is a search cube?
- What additional considerations are involved in a night search?
- Can pacing be practical when measuring distance?
- What's the minimum amount of hours of sleep a responder should have?
- What are the 4 mental steps of emergency management? (Hint - STOP)
- What percent of you body heat do you lose from your head?
- What are the layers in layered clothing? What does each layer do?
- How deep should a "cat hole" be?
- What is the minimum distance a latrine should be set up from a base camp?
- What are a few things do's and don't if you encounter a
bear?
- What is the spoken word for distress in radio communications?
- What is a SPOT?
- Name some safety guidelines for a search near water?
- Is recovering a body an urgent matter?
- Name 4 different types of specialized vehicles used in SAR.
- What does PLB stand for? What does it do?
- What is the next step after completing the search of a floor of a building?
- When searching for a child in an urban setting, how should the residence be treated?
- Name 4 of the "umbles" that are warnings of possible hypothermia.
- What are the 3 system in the body affected by hypothermia?
