1.60 Credits
This course will introduce the basic principles of ice rescue and to the basic equipment used to implement ice rescues. Students will be trained in the following: ice rescue environment and ice rescue safety, communications, initial ice rescue actions, hypothermia and its treatment, basic litter tie-ins, and basic litter handling skills. Much of the program is hands-on and time is allotted for practice in the form of a mock rescue. This course deals primarily with horizontal rescue situations.