Avy One – Chapter 1: Topic 3

A technical rescue evacuation of an injured person off Peak 2 after a spring avalanche.  Source:  Brian Taylor Gallery

Greetings fellow rescuers, adventurers, and aspiring guides!  This is the official technical e-manual for Colorado Mountain College’s (CMC) Rope Rescue Certification and Wilderness EMS Certification and The Wildguide’s Rope Rescue Workshops.

This manual is used for the following courses CMC courses:  Wilderness Technical Rescue, High Angle Rescue, Alpine Mountain Rescue & CMC special topic courses (guide rescue skills, advanced high angle).

To ensure the highest quality experience as your maneuver your way through this e-manual, please make sure to:

  1. Have a high-speed internet connection (e-manual will work on smartphones also).
  2. Dial in the correct size font for your best viewing experience!  Do this by pressing Command and + or –  on Mac and Control and + or – on PC.
  3. If a video or link is not playing, most likely it is your browser.  Safari and Firefox both seem to work well.  If you have tried refreshing your browser and have a high-speed connection and a future still doesn’t work properly, let me know right away and I am happy to assist!
  4. I recommend working your way through each chapter chronologically, as each chapter builds working concepts for successive chapters.
  5.  Make sure you have completed all the required assessments prior to showing up for the field days.  A portion of your CMC grade is dependent on you having completed the enclosed assignments.
  6. For the Wilderness Technical Rescue Class: 
    1.  Read and Complete all assignments in Chapters 1-7 
    2. Read Appendix A, the Medical Skills Chapter.
    3. Objectives in BLUE are for Wilderness Technical Rescue
  7. For the High Angle Rescue Class: 
    1.  Read and Complete all assignments in Chapters 1-9
    2. Objectives in RED are for the High Angle Rescue Course 
    3. Read Appendix A, the Medical Skills Chapter.
  8. For the Alpine Rescue Class: 
    1.  Read and Complete all assignments in chapters 1-7 & chapter 10 (Alpine Mountain Rescue Chapter)
    2. Read Appendix A, the Medical Skills Chapter.

Contact me at any time if you have questions about the course material or your upcoming course. I look forward to training with you all in the field!

Cheers,

Brian

btaylor@coloradomtn.edu

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