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Show 4. The rescue leader communicates to lift terminals at A directions that will move all available manpower to C. Volunteers already assembled at C are dispatched at 1510 in a first column ( the hasty search column) to the accident under the leadership of a ski patrolman. They carry probes, a shovel and the resuscitation pack. Volunteers at A go up Lift No. 2 with equipment from the main avalanche cache. Manpower assembled at B are directed to ski down to A, pickup additional equipment and proceed up Lift No. 2. 5. Rescuers arriving at C depart for the accident scene in columns of 10 or less, each under direction of column leaders ( designated by the rescue leader). Each rescuer carries a probe; some in addition carry rucksacks with other equipment ( shovels, first- aid gear, etc.). 6. The hasty search column leader assumes temporary command of the search when he arrives on the accident scene. At the discretion of the rescue leader, either the hasty search leader or one of the subsequent column leaders is appointed accident site commander. The site commander should carry a portable radio for contact with the rescue leader. Dispatch of the First Stage is now complete. 7- Organization and dispatch of Stage II now begins. A first- aid and evacuation group is assembled. A physician is recruited from among visitors to the ski area. He is dispatched to the accident scene in a small column under leadership of an experienced ski patrolman who is also responsible for getting a toboggan to the scene. This column picks up Stage II medical supplies, tent and sleeping bags from the main cache and proceeds to the accident via Lift No. 2. 8. In the meantime the rescue leader has alerted civil authorities. An ambulance is requested with instructions to meet the evacuation party in front of the ski patrol building. 9. The victim is located by first pass of the coarse probe line at 1535 and quickly uncovered. Resuscitation begins immediately. 10. Stage II columns arrive at 1540. The physician assumes direction of first- aid measures for the victim, who has responded to the resuscitation. The victim is quickly warmed and placed in a sleeping bag and made comfortable on a toboggan. As soon as the physician approves his being moved, he is transported to the ski patrol building and the waiting ambulance ( arrival at 1610). 11. In this case a well organized group carried out a rapid and efficient rescue. It was never necessary to execute Stage III. 12 |