Source: Adapted from LandSAR Field Guide 2010, by Steve Schreiber and Stu Allan. Copyright © 2010 by New Zealand Land Search and Rescue (LandSAR). Christchurch, New Zealand. All Rights Reserved. Excerpted with Expressed Written Permission.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
SAR OPS: How to handle a dying or deceased victim
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
ROPE RESCUE: How to rig a tripod or gyn
Source: Adapted from Skills for Emergency Services Personnel—General and Disaster Rescue, 5th Edition (AEMS Manual 35), by Emergency Management Australia. Copyright © 2006 by The Commonwealth of Australia. All Rights Reserved. Excerpted with Permission.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
ROPE RESCUE: How to rig an 'A' Frame or Sheerlegs
Source: Adapted from Skills for Emergency Services Personnel—General and Disaster Rescue, 5th Edition (AEMS Manual 35), by Emergency Management Australia. Copyright © 2006 by The Commonwealth of Australia. All Rights Reserved. Excerpted with Permission.
Friday, August 1, 2014
HELICOPTER OPERATIONS: LZ & rescuer safety protocols
Source: This article was adapted from The
Essential Technical Rescue Field Operations Guide, 4th Edition, by Tom
Pendley of Desert Rescue Research in Glendale, Arizona. Copyright © 2011.All
Rights Reserved. Excerpted with Expressed Written Permission. To purchase a
copy of this handy, 196-page, spiral-bound, pocket-sized field guide, point
your Internet browser to www.DesertRescue.com or call 1.877.434.4781.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
SAR OPERATIONS: How to organize and conduct a stretcher evacuation
Source: Adapted from LandSAR Field Guide 2010, by Steve Schreiber and Stu Allan. Copyright © 2010 by New Zealand Land Search and Rescue (LandSAR). Christchurch, New Zealand. All Rights Reserved. Excerpted with Expressed Written Permission.
