Snow Day! | Over the Cliff | Anatomy | (Not so) Common Injuries | Famous Moments Never to be Repeated |
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What is depth hoar?
Forms near trees and rock outcroppings
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What must you also wear when you are wearing a rescue harness?
You must be wearing a rescue helmet.
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What is the humerus and femur and where are they located?
The long bone in the upper arm and the long bone in the upper leg
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What is a tibia plateau fracture?
A fracture in the upper third of the lower leg
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What is how not to ski a double black while at work?
Slide head first down Head Wall
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What is which boards are cleared every morning?
H2D and H24
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What knot is multidirectional?
Butterfly knot
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What is the pleural cavity?
This cavity can trap air causing a tension pneumothorax?
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What is C3, C4, and C5
These vertebrae keep the diaphragm alive
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What is how should Silver Star Patrol never be represented to the public?
Standing on the roof of a groomer
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What is essential for safe travel in avalanche terrain
A good partner
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What is the breaking strength of a figure eight knot on an11mm static rope?
Breaks at 20KN to 24KN
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What is what intercostal space do leads V1 and V2 go?
4th intercostal space
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What is injury always gets entonox?
Every shoulder injury gets this
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What is not a snowmobile route?
Outback
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What is how many avalanche control routes there are at SS and how many are controlled regularly?
39 and 17
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What is the purpose of the Grillions in the rope rescue system?
To properly position the stretcher/patient relative to the attendant
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What is the mandible?
The primary bone of the jaw
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What are some of the signs and symptoms of a silent MI?
The signs and symptoms are Indigestion,strained muscle in the chest or upper back, possibly has diabetes and/or female
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What is how not to operate a snowmobile?
Roll a snowmobile with a loaded rescue toboggan
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What is the speed at which are safety fuse assemblies burn?
135 seconds/m
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What is the essential kit for using a rope gun?
Ear, eye, and hand protection, pants, shirt, jacket, underwear.
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What are the greater trochanters?
The pelvic splint is placed at this point
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What are signs and symptoms of an internal bleed?
The signs and symptoms arePoint tenderness, mechanism of injury, elevated heart rate, and narrowing pulse pressure
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What is not the snowmobile route beside the HRT?
Taking a snowmobile between the HRT and HRT lift hut off of a wind lip?
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