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| The Mock at NCRC 2015 in Park City, Kentucky, Photo By Jeff Burns |
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| Running through "Checkoffs" on a swing set at NCRC 2015 Photo By: Jeff Burns |
Phil Goldman and I took his fifth wheel and drove down to Park City Kentucky to participate in a weeklong Cave Rescue seminar with NCRC ( National Cave Rescue Commission).
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| Patient Packaging at NCRC 2015 in Park City, Kentucky, Photo By Jeff Burns |
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| Patient transport at NCRC 2015 in Park City, Kentucky, Photo By Jeff Burns |
It took Phil and I almost 12 hours to get down to Park City after going around multiple accidents, bad city traffic, and being blocked in from other semi trucks after gassing up.
We made it down to Park City and got set up in the parking lot where we would be spending the next week waking up around 530-6 am and learning cave rescue techniques from the class room to running multiple mock rescues.
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| The Mock Mock at NCRC 2015 in Park City, Kentucky, Photo By Jeff Burns |
We made it down to Park City and got set up in the parking lot where we would be spending the next week waking up around 530-6 am and learning cave rescue techniques from the class room to running multiple mock rescues.
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| Edge and patient tendering at NCRC 2015 in Park City, Kentucky, Photo By Jeff Burns |
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| The Mock at NCRC 2015 in Park City, Kentucky, Photo By Jeff Burns |
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| working the comm's at NCRC 2015 in Park City, Kentucky, Photo By Jeff Burns |
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| Danyele at NCRC 2015 in Park City, Kentucky, Photo By Jeff Burns |
We spent a lot of time in class the first couple days but that got broken up by outside demonstrations on litter packaging, cliff and cave rescue using rig setups to lower and raise patients, search, and communication procedures for in-cave operations.
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| Edge tendering |
At night we had a series of "check-off tests" to show our competency in setting up a rigging system, litter packaging using a ferno and a sked, along with other requirements that included knot tying, haul systems, medical first aid, and communications.
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| The Mock at NCRC 2015 in Park City, Kentucky, Photo By Jeff Burns |
We had a few in cave classroom lectures in coach cave which was 48 degrees inside, a lot better than the super hot and humid classroom!!!
Next we had in cave scenarios where we worked in groups packaging a patient in a ferno or a sked and troubleshooting the patients delivery through restrictive passages which was a lot of fun for all of us!
We also got a chance to practice communication setup, medical first aid, and searching for lost cavers.
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| haul team at NCRC 2015 in Park City, Kentucky, Photo By Jeff Burns |
Next we had in cave scenarios where we worked in groups packaging a patient in a ferno or a sked and troubleshooting the patients delivery through restrictive passages which was a lot of fun for all of us!
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| Patient transport at NCRC 2015 in Park City, Kentucky, Photo By Jeff Burns |
We also got a chance to practice communication setup, medical first aid, and searching for lost cavers.
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| the Fuzzy Sloths at NCRC 2015 in Park City, Kentucky, Photo By Jeff Burns |
Finally came the mock mock which was a series of scenarios while working with all student levels who participated in the seminar.
We broke up into teams of three but each group had around 25-30 people so we all got a chance to do more.
Our team was able to complete 6 scenarios which was nice to get more hands on with different situations.
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| Patient packaging at NCRC 2015 in Park City, Kentucky, Photo By Jeff Burns |
We broke up into teams of three but each group had around 25-30 people so we all got a chance to do more.
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| Patient transport at NCRC 2015 in Park City, Kentucky, Photo By Jeff Burns |
Our team was able to complete 6 scenarios which was nice to get more hands on with different situations.
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| Edge tender NCRC 2015 in Park City, Kentucky, Photo By Jeff Burns |
The Mock was a blast, I got assigned to the initial search team and we ended up having to report back to command on our findings and got reassigned to check out a vertical lead.
This vertical lead ended up being a multi-drop with all kinds of dome rooms and other passages that we had to negotiate including a 5.8 climb into a karst window that took me to another window where I could see the register and hear a waterfall.
We were never able to find the patient but we had a blast and it made for a great day.
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| Patient transport through a tight passage in a sked at NCRC 2015 in Park City, Kentucky, Photo By Jeff Burns |
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| patient transport through a restriction at NCRC 2015 in Park City, Kentucky, Photo By Jeff Burns |
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| Historic artifacts in coach cave NCRC 2015 in Park City, Kentucky, Photo By Jeff Burns |
The instructors were so helpful and knowing that this is something that they take time off for was really impressive to see how their dedication to the students was ever present.
They dedicated themselves to help others that had some challenges with check offs and everyone was able to pass the class at the end of the seminar.
I am so grateful that I was able to participate in this seminar as it was a wealth of knowledge and from the instructors and the students alike. It was also nice to develop friendships with so many people interested in caving, canyoneering, and other rescue professions which made for strong teams and great times!! Thank you once again and I am looking forward to coming next year to participate in level 2.
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| lifting the patient at NCRC 2015 in Park City, Kentucky, Photo By Jeff Burns |
They dedicated themselves to help others that had some challenges with check offs and everyone was able to pass the class at the end of the seminar.
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| Haul team at NCRC 2015 in Park City, Kentucky, Photo By Jeff Burns |
I am so grateful that I was able to participate in this seminar as it was a wealth of knowledge and from the instructors and the students alike. It was also nice to develop friendships with so many people interested in caving, canyoneering, and other rescue professions which made for strong teams and great times!! Thank you once again and I am looking forward to coming next year to participate in level 2.
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| Team C graduating NCRC level 1 http://adamhaydock.blogspot.com/2015/08/national-cave-rescue-commission.html FLICKR: NCRC MORE INFO: www.NCRC.info |
