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Summoning Medical Assistance

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Source: http://www.troop50.org/first_aid/03-summoning_help.shtml

Source: Scouting/BSA/First Aid Wikibooks 

 

There are a number of ways to summon help on a wilderness camping trip.

  1. If anyone has a working cell phone, use it to call 911. Be prepared to give detailed directions to your location.
  2. If anyone has a working radio or satellite phone, use it to call for help. Be prepared to give detailed directions to your location.
  3. Send several people back to the vehicles and have them drive to the nearest phone.
    • NOTE: DO NOT leave the injured person alone.
    • NOTE: Tell them to stay at the phone until help arrives, then lead the responders back to the injured person.
  4. Use three loud noises to signal rescuers (whistle blasts, gunshots, car horns)
  5. Use a signalling mirror to get a low-flying aircraft's attention.
  6. Create an emergency marker:
    • Light a large, smoky fire that will draw attention. NOTE: DO NOT start a forest fire.
    • Flip a canoe in the water and put a red cloth over it.
    • Use rocks, logs or branches to create a large "X" or "HELP" in an open area that will be visible from the air.
    • Place three unusual markers in a row: piles of brush, piles of rocks, fires, etc
  7. If you cannot immediately summon help, stay where you are. Rescuers will look for you in your last-known location.
  8. Signal fires and sounds are a last resort if you cannot evacuate.
  9. Be sure to leave a map and schedule at home to trigger an automatic rescue response. 

 

Summoning help on the open water can be difficult if the boat cannot return to a port.

  1. If the boat has an EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon), activate it.
  2. If the boat has a radio, call for help on the emergency frequency.  A marine band radio tuned to the emergency channel (#16)
  3. If anyone has a working cell phone or satellite phone, use it to call for help.
  4. If the boat can still navigate, move it into busy traffic where you can signal for help.
  5. If the boat has a flag, fly it upside-down and/or a distress flag (orange with a black dot and a black square)
  6. Make the boat appear to be in obvious distress to attract an aircraft's attention. For example, place the sail or debris in the water.
  7. Use a signalling mirror to attract attention from a low-flying aircraft or the shore.
  8. Devise a smoke signal (a smoke flare or a very small smoky fire) only when rescuers are visible.   
  9. Flares and smoke bombs can be carried on any boat but must be used with caution.  or signal mirror may be useful over short distances.
  10. Use a flare only at night and only when rescuers are nearby.  
  11. DO NOT attempt to swim to shore.

 

 

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