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What are the consequences of not facing the hazard? | What are the consequences of not facing the hazard? | ||
- | Not your emergency | + | Not your emergency. |
A dead subject is no longer an emergency. | A dead subject is no longer an emergency. | ||
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* fight or flight | * fight or flight | ||
- | We need | + | We need your brain to be working |
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* S - Stop | * S - Stop | ||
* T - Think | * T - Think | ||
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''List the 4 categories'' | ''List the 4 categories'' | ||
- | * | + | * Avoidance |
** withdraw from the situation | ** withdraw from the situation | ||
*** Don't send our team into an avalanche environment | *** Don't send our team into an avalanche environment | ||
** remove the risk | ** remove the risk | ||
*** Have the rancher move his buffalo to another field | *** Have the rancher move his buffalo to another field | ||
- | * | + | * Reduction |
** mitigate the risk | ** mitigate the risk | ||
*** carry avalanche equipment | *** carry avalanche equipment | ||
*** have avalanche tech assess and plan route | *** have avalanche tech assess and plan route | ||
*** train in avalanche techniques | *** train in avalanche techniques | ||
- | * | + | * Sharing |
** ask someone else to do for us | ** ask someone else to do for us | ||
- | *** bring in a | + | *** bring in a speciality team, technician |
*** Technical personnel should be used for technical rescue [Search and Rescue Fundamentals manual Page 99] | *** Technical personnel should be used for technical rescue [Search and Rescue Fundamentals manual Page 99] | ||
** insurance | ** insurance | ||
*** WCB | *** WCB | ||
- | * | + | * Retention - accept |
** cross the river | ** cross the river | ||
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'''Risks to the Subject''' | '''Risks to the Subject''' | ||
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'''Risks to others''' | '''Risks to others''' | ||
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Most technical rescues | Most technical rescues | ||
transform but do not eliminate the risk. | transform but do not eliminate the risk. | ||
- | + | Move it to an area where there shouldn't be exposure. | |
- | + | But having untrained people or bystanders around, | |
they may be exposed to risk. | they may be exposed to risk. | ||
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- | ''' | + | '''Speciality Teams''' |
What are some of the specialty teams | What are some of the specialty teams | ||
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* higher medical training | * higher medical training | ||
- | * | + | * transportion |
** helicopter | ** helicopter | ||
** snowmobile | ** snowmobile | ||
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and evaluate the risk? | and evaluate the risk? | ||
- | Request | + | Request speciality team. |
Ask for overhead decision. | Ask for overhead decision. | ||
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general guidelines: | general guidelines: |