When should one call rescue? I am not talking about for the injured, but for the potentially injured. Should one phone them up for a standby whilst one does their own recon? How long should you wait after no contact with the potential rescueee? Did the group have this protocol planned before the jump and were aware?
Any thoughts or suggestions?
take care,
space
If all jumpers carry radios, then the jumper in question can always tell his friends if he's OK or not. I don't think it's such a good idea to start calling for help until you know for sure that the jumper needs assistance.
So the bottom line is carry a radio at all times...
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Jason Bell (BASE428)
Email: jbell@vertical-visions.com
Web: www.vertical-visions.com or www.bridgeday.info
Comunication is the answer, and never jump alone! But I agree with Claus, better to call the rescue one time to much, than leave a injured jumper when time can be the factor he will live or not.
>So the bottom line is carry a radio at all times...
Definitely.
Sample of a radio conversation I had a while back.
Friend: Are you ok?
Tom: No, I don't think so.
Friend (obviously relieved to hear my speaking): Do you need any help?
Tom: Yep. It's safe to say I'm going to need medical assistance.
Friend: Is that "we help you back to the hospital", or "call an ambulance" or "get a rescue helicopter"?
Tom: Definitely the helicopter.
Fortunately for me (since it took my friends around 30 minutes to reach me), I had a radio (which luckily still worked--although the face of it was thoroughly smashed).
The lesson: Everyone on the load should carry a radio at all times.
--Tom Aiello
tbaiello@mac.com
If you have a Garmin Rino 110 or 120 radio ($175-$250), you can even send your GPS position to other users who have the same radio and your ground crew can see exactly where you're at. Might be nice if you're all busted up or stuck in a tree in the middle of nowhere. I've had mine for almost a year now and it is sweet. They have a combo GPS, FRS, GMRS with map overlays.
Cya.
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Jason Bell (BASE428)
Email: jbell@vertical-visions.com
Web: www.vertical-visions.com or www.bridgeday.info
After waiting 20secs to see the previous jumper when 10 should have been suff. I exited and watched from above and noted that "He" had input, but missed a logical LZ bigtime.
Radio conversation was as follows:
BASE1; Are you ok?
HE; I think so.
BASE1; did you break anything?
HE; I think so.
BASE1; Do you need help?
HE; I think so.
BASE1; Are you ok? (2nd time)
HE; I think so.
BASE1; What is your name?
HE; I think so.
HE; I think so.
HE; I think so.
Jumper was found in shock after wall strike.
Funny that this is so close to Tomīs call.
try this maybe, but it ainīt gonna help if they are spaced by stress.
http://www.breitling.com/en/models/p...ize=1024&fs=no
>>So the bottom line is carry a radio at all times...
>
>Definitely.
>
>Sample of a radio conversation I had a while back.
>
>Friend: Are you ok?
>Tom: No, I don't think so.
>Friend (obviously relieved to hear my speaking): Do you need
>any help?
take care,
space
I disagree with the overall point you make.
"better to call the rescue one time too much"
It doesnīt stop at one time too much.
"Boy who cried "Wolf""
Also, Legal accessability is of importance. So jumpers are willing to report without recrim.
>Comunication is the answer, and never jump alone! But I agree
>with Claus, better to call the rescue one time to much, than
>leave a injured jumper when time can be the factor he will
>live or not.
No-one left anyone. this was never an issue. ummmmm a 2-way.
Once again I would like to point out that from the original post , it seemed (Erronously) to me like Claus called out the FORCE in a sensitive area already shutting down exits because of..........
feel free to kick it for the good of ....
take care
space
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