Whitewater Safety and Rescue
Essential Knowledge For Canoeists, Kayakers, And Raft Guides
Erschienen am 12. Dezember 2023
297 Seiten
978-1-4930-8393-0 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Whitewater Safety and Rescue is a must for recreational paddlers and professional river guides alike. Covering topics from strategies for safely descending a rapid to recovering overboard paddlers and making injured people safe, it thoroughly explains all aspects of safety and rescue on a river and in white water. Over 400 color photographs and detailed diagrams illustrate this essential and modern instructional guide for canoeists, kayakers, and rafters.
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Inhalt
- WHITEWATER SAFTEY AND RESCUE
- Contents
- Introduction
- About thte Author
- Contributors
- SECTION ONE-WHITEWATER SAFETY
- 1 Principles or Safety
- 2 Reading Whitewater
- 3 Hazards
- 4 Planning a Descent
- 5 Skillful Paddling
- 6 Mental Preparation and Warm Up
- 7 Scouting Techniques
- 8 Assessing Risk
- 9 Organization
- 10 Communication
- 11 Leadership
- 12 Safety in Equipment Design
- SECTION TWO-WHITEWATER RESCUE
- 13 Basic Rescue Equipment
- 14 Swimmers, Boats, and Paddles
- 15 Stoppers
- 16 Pins and Entrapments
- 17 Protecting a Rapid
- 18 Incident Management
- SECTION THREE-CARE OF VICTIMS
- 19 First Aid
- 20 Resuscitation
- 21 Moving Casualties
- 22 Post Traumatic Stress
- SECTION FOUR-ACCESS AND RECOVERY
- 23 Specialist Equipment
- 24 Rope Dynamics
- 25 Recoveries
- 26 Other Access Techniques
- APPENDICES
- A Glossary of Terms
- B Knots and Hitches
- C Index
