SAR Fundamentals/Day 3 start up/Content Review

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  1. How can you tell which way is uphill on a topo map?


  2. On a topographic map, how would an impassible elevation change appear?




  3. At what temperature does shivering stop.


  4. What are your muscles doing in
    • mild hypothermia?
    • severe hypothermia?




  5. Who calls the lift or lower during a stretcher carry?


  6. What methods/tools are useful to document activities, evidence or clues?


  7. What is the easting of the central meridian of every UTM zone?


  8. How many digits are there in a full easting?




  9. On a 1:50,000 topo map, how many centimeters would represent 1 km?


  10. Who calls the lift or lower during a stretcher carry?


  11. When do you finish gathering background information about the lost subject?


  12. What methods/tools are useful to document activities, evidence or clues?


  13. What is a reasonable size for a ready pack?


  14. How much should your ready pack weigh?




  15. Are true north and magnetic north the same thing?


  16. You have been called to help with a search. To whom do you first report when you arrive at the command post?