SAR Fundamentals/Evening 4 start-up/Content Review
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- When do you finish gathering background information about the lost subject?
- What four instruments are effective used for foot navigation in the wilderness?
- The difference between true north and magnetic north is known as?
- Will a GPS work well in heavy fog?
- 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 are the 6 necessities of life?
- Why is it important for SAR workers to admit their physical limits?
- True or False? Down keeps most of its insulation value when wet.
- The rate of heat transfer through clothing depends on three
factors. What are they?
- How deep should a "cat hole" be?
- What is the minimum distance a latrine should be set up from a base camp?
- Name some do's and don't's when dealing with wildlife.
- 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?
- What does PLB stand for? What does it do?
- Name some items of SAR technology.
- 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?
- What are the 3 system in the body affected by hypothermia?
- What are the 5 methods of heat loss from the body?
