WILDERNESS FIRST AID: The Five Second Rule – Six Ways you can Reduce Pauses in Compressions and Save More Lives with CPR

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AERIAL OPS: Spotting techniques for area searches

WILDERNESS SKILLS: How to melt snow on a stick

MAN-TRACKING: Work the ‘path of most resistance’ when signcutting

ROPE RESCUE: Tying the radium 3-to-1 load-releasing hitch

SAR HUMOR

Source: http://www.gocomics.com/theothercoast/2014/03/22#.UzK8YFf3Ka  via NASAR

SAFETY NOTICE: Call for inspection of Yoke-brand “snap / rebar hooks” for “improperly spun” rivets

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Source: Wade Sarver via the Rope Test Lab

WILDERNESS SKILLS: How to stay warm in the bush

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SAR FATALITY: Train Strikes, Kills Firefighter During Search For Missing Woman

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>>For the purposes of this post, a 'like' is considered a show of support and respect for the family, friends, and teammates of the deceased. —Michael

BUSH GEAR: The ParaHatchet, by Ultimate Survival Technologies (UST)

MAN-TRACKING: ‘Cow’ shoes used by moonshiners in 1924 to disguise their footprints

Source: Library of Congress via RetroNaut.com via Institute of Visual Tracking & Tactical Acuity via Bill Adams.

K-9 HANDLERS: Humor

Source: K9—Man's best friend via our friends at the TYR Group LLC

LAND NAVIGATION: 12 most-common errors & their remedies

FIRST AID: 10 tips for effective airway management and ventilation, by Scott R. Snyder, et al, EMSworld

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SAFETY NOTICE: Call for rivet inspection on Petzl CROLL B16 & B16AAA rope clamps

Read inspection notice here.

Source: Roo Fox-Rockley, via Journal of Search and Rescue (JSAR)

NOTICE: As alluded to in the caption, the Petzl Croll depicted in the upper right corner of the graphic is NOT the model affected by this safety notice—It is a current model. As mentioned in the headline, the Croll models affected are the B16 & B16AAA, both of which were manufactured in 2012, according to Petzel's customer information sheet at http://www.petzl.com/en/pro/safety-information-croll-B16AAA. A grainy enlargement of a Croll rope clamp Petzl included in its customer information sheet regarding this matter appears to the right.

SAR OPERATIONS: How to figure critical separation between searchers

ROPE RESCUE: The Four-To-One Rule—rope bends & knot dressing

AVALANCHE 101: The 3 types of avalanches

WILDERNESS FIRST AID: Snakebites & pressure immobilization bandages

GPS POCKET MANUAL: Free, 8-page, pocket-sized guide for Garmin Oregon 400, 500, & 600 GPS units

Print-out this pocket guide using the "print" function in your Internet browser menu; then trim and laminate individual pages.

Source: Adapted from material provided by the US National Wildfire Coordinating Group's (NWCG's) Geospatial Subcommittee (GSC)