Outdoor Incident Management

There's a blipper in this collage.....

There's also:
An emotionally disturbed lady on the edge of a precipise with a craft knife.
A chap with a complex open fracture and also missing a finger.
A suspected head injury who just might also have catastrophic blood loss and be heading for hypovolemic shock.

If you've ever done a first aid course I hope you know DRS ABC.

It's a long standing instructor thing that we can keeps going with the letters
D anger
R esponse
S hout or send for help

A irway
B reathing
C PR

D eformities or disabilities or diabetes
E nviroment. Its all about the environment.
F ractures
G et going!!!
H elicopter or Hearse, you choose.....

This weekends group were ace. Through today they got faster and faster, started to make decisions started to understand jut how big some of those decisions could be. By the end of the day most of them were even thinking filling out the casualty card might be a good idea!
(it really really is)

Obviously everyone passed :-)