Saturday, April 12, 2014

WILDERNESS FIRST AID: How to manage blisters

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Friday, April 11, 2014

SWIFTWATER RESCUE: The defensive swimming position

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

LOST PERSON BEHAVIOR: Data on lost hikers

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SAFETY NOTICE: Check your Petzl ZIGZAGs for cracks

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Download info here . Source: Roo Fox-Rockley via Journal of Search and Rescue (JSAR)
Tuesday, April 8, 2014

ROPE RESCUE: Litter rigging—The chest tie-in

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Monday, April 7, 2014

LAND NAV: Free PDF downloads of USGS generation 1 & 2 quadrangles now available via Google Maps Gallery

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• Gen 1 Traditional scanned paper quad download page • Gen 2 Modern layered digital quad download page NOTE: To access the download op...
Friday, April 4, 2014

Wilderness First Aid “Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Acute Pain in Remote Environments,” by Katie W. Russell, et al., March 2014 issue of the Journal of Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

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Read article here .
Thursday, April 3, 2014

LIGHTNING SAFETY: How to reduce lightning risk in the backcountry

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Source: "Lightning Risk Management for Backcountry Campers and Hikers," by Ken Langford, including graphics by John Gook...
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

ROPE RESCUE: Highlines—How to rig the English Reeve

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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

LAND NAV: How to interpret slope contour patterns on topo maps

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Monday, March 31, 2014

HOMING BEACONS: Use all the tools in the toolbox, from the March 2014 issue of New Zealand Search & Rescue's "Link" magazine

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Read the full March 2014 issue here .
Sunday, March 30, 2014

SAR HUMOR

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Source: Fernando Moreira via Tactical Trackers Group
Saturday, March 29, 2014

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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Read article here .

AERIAL OPS: Spotting techniques for area searches

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Friday, March 28, 2014

WILDERNESS SKILLS: How to melt snow on a stick

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

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

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

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

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SAR HUMOR

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Source: http://www.gocomics.com/theothercoast/2014/03/22#.UzK8YFf3Ka   via NASAR
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

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

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Learn more here . Source: Wade Sarver via the Rope Test Lab
Monday, March 24, 2014

WILDERNESS SKILLS: How to stay warm in the bush

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Read article here .