Name: White Water Safety and Rescue By Franco Ferrero
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White Water Safety and Rescue Summary

White Water Safety and Rescue by Franco Ferrero

The writing of this book started when I tried to put some notes together as course notes for the safety and rescue courses I was running at Plas y Brenin. It soon became clear what a huge topic it is and in sheer frustration I explained to a friend that I would have to write a book to cover it properly. His answer was, "Why don't you?" This is the result. I hope you find it enjoyable and informative. Learning About Safety and Rescue The point of safety and rescue training is that there is rarely the time to develop a technique during a life threatening emergency. Paddlers must already be in possession of a range of techniques that will allow them to solve the problem quickly. There isn't the time to re-invent the wheel. New techniques are often developed in training and practise situations. There are three parts to becoming a safe and effective paddler and rescuer: 1. Knowledge 2. Training 3. Experience This book can only provide the knowledge. It is important that the reader should consider attending practical safety and rescue courses in order to evaluate a range of techniques under controlled conditions. This will also ensure that the techniques are fully and correctly understood. For those who already have a good deal of training and experience the book will be useful as an 'aide-memoire', and probably cover some areas that are new to the reader. Practise Like all skills, safety and rescue skills need to be practised; initially to become competent and thereafter to maintain competence. Great care should be taken in selecting suitable sites, where the skills can be practised in controlled conditions. Nothing could be worse than to be, or see a friend, injured whilst practising how to stay safe! It is also important to try and practise as a team with the people you normally paddle with. Structure This book is in four parts. The order they are in reflects the importance that I attach to them. Part One deals with safety, which is about staying out of trouble in the first place. Part Two is about rescuing people. This is what we do when our safety has failed. Part Three is about caring for and evacuating people who are physically or emotionally injured. Part Four is primarily about recovering equipment.

White Water Safety and Rescue Reviews

Until now River Rescue has been the standard book on the subject. I prefer this one, particularly for the narrower, lower volume British rivers although Franco keeps his options open by including rafts and adding American terminology after British nomenclature. The approach is minimalist with simplicity and speed being the essence rather than going out with a sack of equipment while you try to remember engineering drawings on how to use it. Franco calls for moderation, not taking novices on water above grade 2 and encouraging responsible attitudes. There are four distinct sections, avoiding trouble, recovering paddlers when they have got into trouble, taking care of victims and recovering equipment, in that order of priority. Within those sections are many topic headings which make information easy to find and specific safety messages easy to spot. The book is written in better English than is managed by some of our literary coaches. Illustration is with photographs, mainly black and white, and many good quality sketches. Danny Jones adds a few cartoons and written contributions also come from Loel Collins, Bob Timms, Dave Luke and Ray Goodwin, the latter including a tale which is perhaps the most telling in the book. Ray virtually lives on the water with safety on his mind but had to undertake a serious weir (low head dam) rescue while having the exhaust replaced on his car, diving in on the end of a hose-pipe with fitters holding the other end, a lesson in being adaptable and improvising as necessary. There are just two places in the book where I take issue. One of us is shaky on understanding mechanical advantage in pulley systems. On risk gradings, Franco dismisses Terry Storry's A - F system and produces a system where probability of running foul of a hazard and consequences of doing so are each rated from 1-5 and compared with one's personal rating, a system which is far too complicated even if it is only a mathematical equivalent of our thought processes on weighing up a rapid. This is one of a small handful of books which should be seen as standards and should be read by anyone paddling white water. Reviewed by Stuart Fisher - Editor of Canoeist Magazine

About Franco Ferrero

Franco Ferrero has paddled throughout Britain and The Alps, and in Norway, Nepal and Peru. He half time for the Canoe and Kayak Department of Plas y Brenin, the UK National Mountain Centre, and half time as the managing director of Pesda Press. As well as playing, coaching and leading groups on white water, he is involved in the development and delivery of British Canoe Union white water safety courses, a trainer for Rescue 3 International, delivering Swift Water Rescue Technician courses, and a first aid trainer for Rescue and Emergency Care.

Contents Introduction 7 Part One White Water Safety Chapter 1 Principles of Safety 10 Chapter 2 Reading White Water 11 Straight Section of River 11 Bends 13 Upstream and Downstream ? V? s 13 Rooster Tails 14 Eddies 14 Standing Waves 15 Stoppers 16 Water Levels 19 Flood 20 Big Drops and Waterfalls 21 Chapter 3 Hazards 23 Overhanging Branches 23 Strainers 23 Boulder Sieve 24 Broaches 24 Vertical Pins 26 Undercuts 26 Siphon 27 Dangerous Stoppers 27 Double Recirculation 28 Weirs 30 Other Paddlers 31 Environmental Hazards 32 Sudden Immersion 32 Hypothermia 32 Sunshine 36 Hyperthermia 36 Dehydration 37 Sunburn 37 Eye Damage 38 Aural Osteomata 38 Polluted Water 38 Leptospirosis or Weil? s Disease 39 Chapter 4 Skilful Paddling 40 Skill 40 Tactics 41 Mental Preparation 41 Technique 41 Fitness 43 Boat Positioning 44 Using Water Features 46 Chapter 5 Mental Preparation and Warm Up 49 Stress 49 Coping With Stress 51 Habituation 51 ? Psyching Up? 54 Warm Up Techniques 55 Chapter 6 Scouting Techniques 60 Factors Affecting Choice of Technique 60 Techniques 61 Early Warning Signs 63 Chapter 7 Assessing Risk 65 Consequences 65 Probability 66 Combining Probability and Consequence 66 Chapter 8 Planning a Descent 69 The Team 69 Difficulty 69 Water Levels 74 Commitment 75 Chapter 9 Organisation 76 Roles 76 Tackling The River 78 Group Control 80 Order of Descent 82 Chapter 10 Communication 83 Briefings 83 Signals 84 Sound Signals 89 Chapter 11 Leadership 90 Leadership Qualities 91 Leadership Styles 91 Decision Making 95 Chapter 12 Safety in Equipment Design 97 Kayaks 105 Traditional Open Boat 110 White Water Open Boat 112 Rafts 115 Part Two Whiter Water Rescue Chapter 13 Principles of Rescue 120 Chapter 14 Basic Rescue Equipment 121 The Throw Bag 121 Knife 124 Saws 125 Tape or Sling 125 Karabiners 126 Improvised Paddle Hook 127 White Water Chest Harness 127 Chapter 15 Swimmers, Boats and Paddles 130 Swimming in White Water 131 Victim Behaviour 134 In Control 134 Out of Control 135 Reaching and Throwing Rescues 136 Reaching Rescues 136 Throw line to Swimmer Rescues 137 Bank Based Contact Rescues 144 Handrail 144 ? Live Bait? Rescues 145 Chase Boating for Swimmers 147 Assessing Victim Behaviour 147 Escorting a Swimmer 148 Contact Rescues 148 Unconscious Victims 150 Chase-Boating for Equipment 151 Paddles 151 Boats 153 Boat Based Tow Systems 154 Swimmer Rescues 156 Making Contact 157 Defensive Tactics 157 Chapter 16 Stoppers 160 Boaters 160 Self Rescue 160 Boater to Boater Rescue 162 Bank Based Rescue 163 Rafts 163 Self Rescue 163 Raft Flipped and Held in Stopper 164 Swimmer Rescues 164 Self Rescue 164 Bank Based Rescues 166 Contact Rescues 169 Chapter 17 Pins and Entrapments 172 Assessing the Situation 172 Stabilising the Situation 173 Extracting the Victim 175 Specific Entrapment Situations 175 Stranded Victims 175 Broaches 176 Vertical Pins 177 Foot Entrapments 178 Strainers 182 Swimmer Trapped Under Raft 182 Chapter 18 Protecting a Rapid 183 Guidelines 183 Organisation and Communication 185 Chapter 19 Incident Management 186 Roles 186 Sequence of Events 187 A Scenario 187 Signals 190 Part Three Care of Victims Chapter 20 Principles of Care 192 Chapter 21 First Aid 193 Accident Procedure 193 Guidelines for Outdoor First Aid 195 Issues 196 Monitoring Vital Signs 197 Treatment Issues 200 Remote Locations 202 First Aid Kits 205 Chapter 22 Resuscitation 207 Basic Life Support Protocol 207 One Rescuer 207 Multiple Rescuers 208 Rescue Breathing 208 Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) 210 Drowning 211 White Water Issues 213 Key Points 214 Practice 214 Chapter 23 Moving Casualties 215 Guidelines 215 To Move or Not to Move 215 Casualty Assessment 216 Stabilising the Casualty 216 Moving the Casualty 216 Carrying Techniques 218 Spinal Injuries 223 Lower Leg Injuries 225 Chapter 24 Post Traumatic Stress 226 Sources of Stress 226 Normal Reactions 227 Abnormal Reactions 228 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 228 Diagnosis 228 Prevention 230 Team Strategies 231 During the Trauma 232 Debriefing 232 Dealing with the Press 233 Seeking Professional Help 234 Part Four Access and Recovery Chapter 25 Principles of Recovery 236 Chapter 26 Specialist Equipment 237 Static versus Dynamic Ropes 237 Nylon Tapes 240 Prussik Loops 240 Pulleys 242 Karabiners 243 Chapter 27 Rope Dynamics 244 Ropes 244 Knots and Hitches 245 Karabiners 246 Anchors 247 Anchor Selection 247 Single Point Anchors 248 Multiple Anchors 248 Linking Anchors 249 The Italian Hitch 251 Mechanical Advantage 252 Friction 254 Chapter 28 Recoveries 255 Planning a Recovery 255 Attaching a Line 255 Using the Force 256 Practical Pulley Systems 258 Vector Pulls 260 Roll Over 262 Chapter 29 Other Access Techniques 264 Water Based Access 264 Wading 264 Rope Assisted 266 Swimming Aids 268 High Line Tyrolean with Tethered Raft 269 Vertical Access 270 Handrail Line 271 Improvised Harness 271 Lowering and Hoisting 272 Single Rope Technique 275 Appendix A Glossary of Terms 278 Appendix B Knots and Hitches 280 Appendix C Briefing a Raft Crew 284

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GOR004056683

ISBN 13

9780953195602

ISBN 10

0953195600

Title

White Water Safety and Rescue by Franco Ferrero

Author

Franco Ferrero

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Used - Very Good

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Pesda Press

Year published

1998-02-28

Number of pages

288

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White Water Safety and Rescue Franco Ferrero

White Water Safety and Rescue by Franco Ferrero

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