John Winters makes the excellent observation that: "the object of life saving is saving lives not risking your own life. Two casualties don't make a rescue." Reading that statement reminds me of a rescue course I took a few years ago. The instructor said that when performing a rescue the priority was "me (the rescuer) first, me second, the victim third, and everybody else fourth". When I heard that I thought "What a callous and inappropriate approach to rescue". After a while it percolated through that the whole point was exactly what John Winters has written. Two victims (or casualites) don't make a rescue. That, and the presumption that the rescuer has taken some precaution to put others out of harm's way before undertaking the rescue in the first place. Bill Hansen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Bhansen97_at_aol.com wrote: > > John Winters makes the excellent observation that: "the object of life saving > is saving > lives not risking your own life. Two casualties don't make a rescue." > > Reading that statement reminds me of a rescue course I took a few years ago. > The instructor said that when performing a rescue the priority was "me (the > rescuer) first, me second, the victim third, and everybody else fourth". > At a recent rescue course we sponsored, the priorities were: (1) you, (2) other members of the rescue team, (3) the victim, and (4) gear. "Don't create another victim" is very good advice. It's often not very good TV, of course. Steve *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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