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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.
- If anyone has a working cell phone, use it to call 911. Be prepared to give detailed directions to your location.
- If anyone has a working radio or satellite phone, use it to call for help. Be prepared to give detailed directions to your location.
- 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.
- Use three loud noises to signal rescuers (whistle blasts, gunshots, car horns)
- Use a signalling mirror to get a low-flying aircraft's attention.
- 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
- If you cannot immediately summon help, stay where you are. Rescuers will look for you in your last-known location.
- Signal fires and sounds are a last resort if you cannot evacuate.
- 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.
- If the boat has an EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon), activate it.
- If the boat has a radio, call for help on the emergency frequency. A marine band radio tuned to the emergency channel (#16)
- If anyone has a working cell phone or satellite phone, use it to call for help.
- If the boat can still navigate, move it into busy traffic where you can signal for help.
- If the boat has a flag, fly it upside-down and/or a distress flag (orange with a black dot and a black square)
- 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.
- Use a signalling mirror to attract attention from a low-flying aircraft or the shore.
- Devise a smoke signal (a smoke flare or a very small smoky fire) only when rescuers are visible.
- 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.
- Use a flare only at night and only when rescuers are nearby.
- DO NOT attempt to swim to shore.
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