Patrollers Tim, Mary, and Houstoun are first on the scene where "GI Joe" apparently hit a tree. Or maybe Joe was a hunter who fell out of the tree; 3 deer observed the rescue from 100 yards up hill! Joe is not an "ordinary dummy", but is a specially weighted training device weighing about 150 pounds.
Wayne applies a Sager traction splint to Connie as Doug, one of Afton's new OEC instructors, looks on. Sager is one of three traction splint models available at Afton.
AFTON - Afton Alps Ski
Patrol conducted its annual Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC)
refresher on October 4, 2003. An OEC
refresher has two objectives: First, it meets NSPS
national requirements covering about a third of the OEC
curricula each ski season. Secondly, it allows
each ski patrol to (a) review local policies and
procedures, such as protocols for evacuating patients,
and (b) provides patrollers opportunity to practice with
newly acquired medical devices used by that patrol.
Lee applies AED (Automatic External Defibrillator) device to "Annie" at the simulated cardiac arrest station as other patrollers "stand clear"!