Stage I: The Circle
- Know where to sign in
- Note shift change times
- Note Patrol leader of the day
- Know how to open, close and set-up chairs 1, 2, 3 & 4
- Sign in locations
- Rope placement
- Evacuation gear
- First aid supplies
- Morning and evening sweep procedures
- Skiing skills and proficiency
- Typically ski groomed runs
- Basic first aid skills
- Have a stocked patrol belt
- Practice primary and secondary assessments on location
- Fill out accident reports
- Practice knots i.e. Clovehitch, figure eight, bowline, water knot & Double Fishermen's
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Stage II: The Square
- Skiing skills and proficiency
- Ski non-groomed runs
- Toboggan handling-empty
- Establish route selection, learn to secure, load patient in toboggan
- First aid skills
- Practice scenarios
- Establish scene assessments and approach
- 1st impression/mechanism of injury/complaints
- How and when to call for toboggan
- Mountain protocol
- Understand what to do in care of an avalanche
- Know the location of equipment
- Organization of the search
- Hasty search and probe line procedures
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