Last night was month end meeting to review the past month's tasks, and equipment maintenance.

Saturday we were paged out for a body recovery near Lynn Headwaters.
Myself, Tim, Bruce and Stan were HFRS'd in (long line under the helicopter) to the base of NorVan falls to recover the body.
There is a current police investigation, hence, that's it for my comments.
Read more - Province Story.

A few pics from training last week.

Last night's training was a rescue scenario set near the Grouse Grind. The subject was unconscious located above a small cliff. I had the pleasure of hauling our dummy up to the spot on my back from the Baden Powell trail to help set up the scenario.

Once set up I returned to the parking lot, and I headed back up to the spot as the "informant" with our advance team. The rest of the team followed, and we quickly had the patient packaged and lowered over down the cliff and then carried the stretcher the rest of the way with a "running belay".

Overall training went smoothly and actually simulated a real rescue better than some other scenarios, as it was a lot of bushwacking, and improvising with the materials we had available. It was also a bit of a struggle getting the stretcher down the steep slope with heavy windfall, which is something we encounter regularly on real rescues.

I have been away, hence a delay in posting. Prior to leaving we had a search for a missing female hiker on Seymour. She was found quite quickly with the assistance of the RCMP and their dog.

Tonight's training is medical evacuation training in a time compressed call. We will be using the SKED stretcher, SED and Cascade Sun Valley Splint.

"This session's goal is for members to act decisively in adapting /applying methods of immobilization in a stress environment."