Swift Water Rescue Training
Description
This 3-day River Rescue Training course will be based out of Big Lake Youth Camp in Sisters, OR and will be taught by Wilderness Rescue International on the McKenzie River. Food and lodging are included in the fee.

The required dry suits, hoods, and gloves can be rented through Immersion Research (https://immersionresearch.com/pages/dry-suit-rentals) if you do not own your own. You will need to rent them with enough lead time to receive them by the start of the training.

Course Curriculum:
●River Rescue Principles: Risk Management & Prevention, Hydrology & Hazards 
● Video Analysis: Incident reviews of rescue departments responding to real calls 
● Knot Tying: Focus on rescue family of knots, hitches and bends for rope and webbing 
● Swimming: Swiftwater Entries, Aggressive & Defensive techniques, Strainer Encounters 
● Throwbags : Underhand, Overhand, Coil Tosses, Belay Techniques 
● Shallow Water Crossings: Wading Techniques to eectively traverse the riverbed bottom  
● Contact Rescues: Tethered Rescue Swims (Live Bait), Spinal Precautions, & Combative Patients  
● Managing Entrapment: Two-shore vs. One-shore. Heads-up vs. Heads-down 
● Anchors: Load Sharing vs. Load Distributing 
● Mechanical Advantage: 3:1, 5:1, 9:1, Pig Rigs, Vectors, Tension Diagonals, Rope ferries, etc. 
● Scenarios: Practical hands-on scenarios 
 
Dates:
6/12/2024 8:31 AM - 6/14/2024 5:00 PM
Ages:
Ages 18 - 75
Cost:
$425.00
Availability:
This session has openings
Registration will end on 6/4/2024.
Discounts
SWR Staff Discount
2023 Big Lake Youth Camp staff discount for RAD staff		$425.00