COMPANION RESCUE
Want to feel more confident with your rescue skills and equipment?
This one-day refresher course is designed for individuals who are looking to brush up and improve their avalanche rescue skills. Over the course of the day, we will cover the latest techniques for searching, probing, and shovelling while putting an emphasis on multiple burials. We will focus on group rescues and jump into patient care and preparing for a rescue from outside resources.
Headed to the back country this year?
Companion Rescue is your best chance of survival if you or one of your partners get buried. Time is of the essence, and once the clock starts ticking, you want to be sharp and able to respond with a plan of action to be a lifesaver.
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
How to properly prioritize and organize when involved in an avalanche rescue scenario
Single & multiple burial transceiver searches
Close proximity & deep burial transceiver searching techniques
Probing
Shovelling
Practice a variety of scenarios to help prepare & train your brain on what to do if you find yourself in a backcountry emergency
COURSE INCLUDES
All instructors are ACMG Ski Guides and Professional members of the Canadian Avalanche Association
Precourse reading AND VIDEOS to prepare you for the course.
Field day in the backcountry. The location is for the conditions of the day and suitable for the group.
Companion Rescue field Card
