Definitions & Indicators
The technical term for removing someone from immediate danger under hazardous circumstances with a high risk to rescue personnel?
What is an Emergency Rescue?
The immediate three-word action a victim must take if their clothing catches fire.
What is Stop, Drop, and Roll?
The absolute first safety step and priority for a rescuer before handing a victim or entering an accident scene.
What is ensuring your own pesonal safety?
This single geometric letter code stamped or laid out on open ground communicates "Require Assistance" to flying aircraft.
What is the letter "V"?
While completing a rescue operation, this three-word priority sequence dictates that a rescuer must protect themselves first, their team members second, and the victim third to avoid compounding an emergency.
What is "Me, Us, Them"?
What is "Rescuer, Team, Victim"?
An immediate rescue is completely necessary if this bodily function has stopped entirely.
What is breathing?
The recommended non-swimming, four-word progressive sequence used to rescue a drowning person safely from shore.
What is Reach, Throw, Row, Go?
The key muscle group in your lower muscles that must do the lifting during a single-rescuer transport to avoid severe spinal strain.
What are your leg muscles?
The international ground-to-air code consisting of a single letter that explicitly signals "Medical Assistance is Required".
What is the letter "X"?
This environmental factor (like active flames or collapsing walls) makes an immediate rescue mandatory regardless of spinal injury risk.
What is an uncontrollable scene threat?
The physical posture a rescuer must adopt on thin ice to distribute their weight evenly and prevent falling through.
What is lying flat on your stomach (with arms/legs spread)?
Unless the environmental scene is immediately dangerous, this must always be administered to stabilize life threats prior to moving a victim.
What is critical first aid (or ABC checks)?
The specific ground-to-air code sequence of two identical letters that communicates "All is Well" to search teams.
What is "LL"?
This vascular emergency requires immediate rescue intervention to prevent fatal blood loss before standard first aid.
What is severe, uncontrolled bleeding?
The correct height orientation or posture to adopt when traversing a smoke or fume filled room.
What is staying low and crawling?
The process of thoroughly briefing your helpers on tasks, knowing the path, and planning the move mechanics represents this part of the rescue.
What are procedures before moving a victim?
The critical three-part universal protocol given to a child or hiker who discovers they are lost in the wilderness.
What is Hug a Tree, stay put, and remain visible?
Two invisible or lethal environmental conditions that command immediate victim extraction from an enclosed space.
What are deadly toxic gases or chemical poisoning?
The first object property required (such as dry wood or plastic) when attempting to safely separate a victim from a live electric wire.
What is a non-conductive object?
Maintaining a firm, secure footing and avoiding this type of un-balanced, twisting posture are essential body balance rules when executing a lift.
What is an awkward or twisting posture?
When a hasty search fails, this methodical wilderness search layout involves a large line of searchers walking arm-to-arm spaced a few yards apart?
What is a Grid (or Sweep) Search?