Rescue from the Backcountry - Intro to Backcountry Rescues
Written: Dec 31 '03
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Pros: Short and to the point, lots of information, helps make rescues a little less chaotic
Cons: Some people will want more detail
The Bottom Line: If you do any kind of outdoor or backcountry activities, it’s worth having a copy of Rescue from the Backcountry in your collection.
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| jps246's Full Review: The Basic Essentials of Rescue from the Backcountr... |
A short guide that gets quickly to the point. Rescue from the Backcountry is an excellent primer for anyone engaged in outdoor activities or who needs to learn more about backcountry rescue techniques.
Clocking in at only 58 pages, Rescue from the Backcountry, goes over the basic tenets of backcountry rescue in 7 chapters and 2 appendices. Chapters include:
Safety Systems: Planning to avoid the rescue
The Anatomy of a Rescue
Simple Self-Evacuation Techniques
Litters: Ambulances of the Backcountry
Packaging and Carrying
The Care and Fee of Littered Patients
Species Rescues
For those of you who are interested in further reading on backcountry rescue, Rescue from the Backcountry offers a selection of further reading at the end of the book that is a good resource for more research on the topic.
Not detailed enough to be the end all book on backcountry rescue, the book instead focuses on what you need to know should something happen where either you need to be or others need to be rescued.
The first two chapters are probably the most important, the first explaining how outings and expeditions can be planned so the chance of risk is minimized and therefore the need for backcountry rescue is also minimized. Then in chapter 2, should that emergency happen, the rescue itself is analyzed and broken down into its various components and explained.
Backcountry rescues can be scary, they can be very intimidating and for anyone unfamiliar with what is happening, they can appear very chaotic. This book helps introduce people to exactly what is happening and why it is happening.
I can remember being a Forest Ranger on my first rescue. First I get a call over the radio then suddenly the other ranger and I are running up a trail to the location where the hiker was hurt. It wasn’t all that far into the woods, but it was enough of a haul that by the time we got there, we were both fairly winded and had to wait a second to catch our breath and survey the situation. He had been on plenty of other rescues, but for me, I was just sort of standing there when I saw the man who had slipped and slid a ways down a slope and managed to bang himself up fairly well. He was the expert so at the time I was probably as helpful as a rock. I really just kind of stood there and did what I was told.
Right after that, I promised myself in addition to asking a lot more questions when we weren’t on a rescue, I would start reading up on the process too. I picked up Rescue from the Backcountry and I got a better picture of what was happening during that first rescue of mine.
So since that time in the two years I continued to work as a Forest Ranger, I took part in many more rescues, some simpler, some more extensive and complicated, but I used the knowledge I first received from this book quite often and it was an excellent starting point for learning more about backcountry rescue. Rescues can be chaotic and crazy, but Rescue from the Backcountry will help you better understand what to do and what is going on while you are involved in one.
If you do any kind of outdoor or backcountry activities, it’s worth having a copy of Rescue from the Backcountry in your collection.
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