This book provides practical, up-to-date information on training, team management, equipment, and techniques for ice rescue teams. Contents: No ice is a safe place Preplanning the surface ice rescue response The three levels of training Who responds to ice rescue incidents? Managing an operation Surface ice rescue equipment Awareness-level duties and responsibilities Communication and line tending Special ice rescue situations Ice formation and types Cold stress and hypothermia The four processes of heat loss ...
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This book provides practical, up-to-date information on training, team management, equipment, and techniques for ice rescue teams. Contents: No ice is a safe place Preplanning the surface ice rescue response The three levels of training Who responds to ice rescue incidents? Managing an operation Surface ice rescue equipment Awareness-level duties and responsibilities Communication and line tending Special ice rescue situations Ice formation and types Cold stress and hypothermia The four processes of heat loss Heat and fluid loss How repeated exposure to cold affects us Cold stress, immersion, and fluid loss Chilbains, frostnip, frostbite, and freezing Drowning References and additional reading Answers to study questions.
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