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❏ 1. What is the definition of an emergency rescue?
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❏ 2. Show how to safely rescue a person from the following situations:
a. Being in contact with a live electric wire
b. A room filled with fumes or smoke
c. Clothes on fire
d. Drowning using a non-swimming rescue
e. An ice accident
❏ 3. Show three ways of attracting and communicating with rescue aircraft.
1. ________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________
❏ 4. Know six indications for the need of an immediate rescue.
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2. ________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________________
❏ 5. Know six procedures to follow before moving a victim from a life-
threatening situation.
1. ________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________
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4. ________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________________
❏ 6. Know five principles involved in moving a victim from a life-threaten-
ing situation
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2. ________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________
❏ 7. Know the proper ways to help a victim, without assistance, in the fol
lowing:
Pulling the victim ___________________________________________
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Lifting the victim ___________________________________________
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Assisting a victim in walking _________________________________
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❏ 8. Know the proper way to help a victim, with assistance, in the following:
Chair carry ________________________________________________
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Fore-and -aft carry __________________________________________
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Two-handed and four-handed seats ______________________________
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Blanket carry ______________________________________________
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Three-man hammock carry with victim in supine and prone position
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Three- or four-man lift _______________________________________
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Six-man lift and carry ________________________________________
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❏ 9. Know how to properly use a stretcher and carry a victim on a stretcher.
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Know how to make an improvised litter.
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❏ 10. Know how to properly use ropes and knots as follows:
a. Tie knots for joining ropes together
Knots Tied: ___________________________________________
b. Tie knots for shortening a rope
Knots Tied: ___________________________________________
c. Tie knots for use around a person for a rescue
Knots Tied: ___________________________________________
d. Coil and accurately throw a light and a heavy 50-foot (15.2 m)
rope.
❏ 11. What steps should be taken before reporting a lost person?
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What information will be needed when reporting a lost person?
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How is a search for a lost person conducted in a wilderness area?
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with a live elect
wire
room with smoke
clothes on fire
drowning/non-swim
rescue
folloWiNg SituatioNS:
ice accident
Safely ReScue PeRSoN fRom
Basic Rescue instructor’s chart
attRact & comm.
WitH aiRcRaft 3 WayS
knots joining rope
together
knots to shorten
rope
knots around
person for
rescue
PRoPeRly uSe
RoPeS aNd kNotS
coil & throw light
& heavy 50’ rope