Saturday, 24 March 2018

Wildfire terrain and broken leg - Lessons Learned

How a typical operation can go from routine to bad to worse and why you should always carry a secondary communications device whenever you are operating alone.  Watch this video to see how a climb up a hill can result in a broken leg and then a mis-step in a helicopter landing can result in a more complicated extrication.  Note: notice how they are utilizing a SKED stretcher.

https://www.nifc.gov/wfstar/modules/HF/libraryHF_DeerPark.html