Well I've survived another week. Mosty set piece first aid cases, some minor and most major and each had a few goes at being team leader.
Had a breakthrough yesterday, finaly figured out how I (everybody else is french and more importantly french educated) am going to handle radio calls, especially the "billand de secourus" or what everyine else might call case/patient details, this is VERY important, because its based on this you get your heli or not. I can't think what to say, calculate and then speak to someone in french all at the same time. But I can write it out longhand and then just read it!
I thought I'd go through most of our kit as it is standardized accross France in all most tipes of rescue service (of course we have some patrol specific stuff.
Patrol pack - Shovel Probe and prety basic but large pieces first aid kit, radio (but ski area specific)
Sledge either a uni directional on person rig like this. "Traineau"
Or a doubble ender 2 person rig like this "Barquette"
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For almost all imobilisations a large vaccum mat. Along with arm sized one and a leg sized one.
We also have some "aluform" arm splints that work a bit like a sam splint and some shoulder sling/wrap sets with lots of velcro that do the same job as triangular bandages.
Backboards with head block and KED's for extracting people form difficult corners.
One and two piece (come in a range of sizes and are way easire to put on people) neck imobilising collars.
A oxy bag, that comes with an oxy bottle and all the mask bits you need, a manual ventalator, Airwway opening device (sorry don't know the name) mucuse vac pump, Blood preasure machine, oxy saturaton meter (goes on the end of a finger), glucose meter and needles.
I'll add stuff to the list as I remember it, but this is it so far.
Week ended with beacon practice.....some people are rather green and I am NOT taking them touring.