LAST
Locate-find the victim
Access- get to the victim
Stabilize-get ready to transport
Transport- get him out of there
Search and Rescue
“Finding and aiding people in distress”
Who do you work for?
The potential survivor
How long can search workers effectively work for?
4-6 hours
How long can you track at 100%?
20 minutes
The ideal SAR worker is…
P- professional H- humble A- able C- competent K- knowledgeable S- solicitous (mindful)
SAR priorities
- Self
- Partner
- The lost person
Weakest link theory
“You are only as strong as the weakest link”
Aggressive search
- Positive attitude
- Believe the clues are in your lane to be found
- Want to find all clues
Search training
Methodology
Rescue training
Diverse training in mountain, water, urban and desert
Survival and support training
Land navigation and survival
Passive search tactics
- Investigating/information gathering
- Attraction
- Confinement
Active search tactics
- Human trackers
- Dogs
- Aircraft
- Trained hasty teams
3 types of searches
- Hasty
- Efficient
- Thorough
Hasty Search
- Check the area with highest likelihood of success
- Offers immediate show of effort
- Focus is on speed over efficiency or thoroughness
Efficient Search
- Fast systematic
- High probability of detection
- More efficient as opposed to speed or thoroughness
- Employed after or with hasty search
Thorough Search
- Highest probability of detection
- Slowest search
- Thoroughness over speed
- Victim is presumed to be dead
Types of stress
Biogenetic stressors
Environment stressors
Psychosocial stressors
Personality stressors
Biogenetic stressors
Caffeine
Alcohol
Tobacco
Environmental stressors
Cold/Heat
Confines spaces
Working conditions
Psychosocial stressors
- Relationships
- Conflict with others
- Unresolved personal issues
Personality stressors
Guilty feelings
Fatigue
Pain
Inexperience
Acute stress
- Soon after incidents
2. Physical symptoms: fatigue, dizziness, nausea, high heart rate
