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On 12 April the team competed in the Canterbury Rescue competitions- the Cliff Dale. The team were placed first overall and also picked up ladder and leadership trophies
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Setting up a 50m cableway at Waitaki Dam.
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Training on Saturday the 23rd of Feb 2008 was medical. We started with going over BGL and cardiac monitoring and got onto the fun stuff of dealing with a "blast injury" scenario
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Saturday the 9th of Feb was the day of the 2008 C to C. The river was particularly low his year and the day was warm & dry.
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On Saturday Mita and her entourage had a big day out involving an energetic Rogaine competition followed by a set of tasks focused around the sale of "Huhu's" strategically sewn onto Mita's shirt, a task that she took to like a duck to water, another "talent" we never knew about!
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On Saturday the 1st of Sept Brian & Jude set up an exercise to practise setting up a operational CCP with "paper" patients. This made the Rats consider placement of the CCP, resources available and effective administration of the area.
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Training day on GR ladder work & rescues. Set up of a vertical ladder in a stairwell inside.
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James organised a scenario where 2 casualties were trapped in a roof space with access via a vertical ladder and manhole. Pt extrication included using a nappy for a walking wounded and an evac stretcher for an unconscious pt.
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The second scenario James set up was a pt trapped in a room which could be only accessed from the outside window. With no ladders available access was gained from the window above.
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A selection of photos from the Search Dog weekend in Auckland 6-8 July 2007
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Putting the recruits through their paces during the RATS selections process.
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Training session to practice the safe way to protect damaged roofs
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Joint exercise with the Coastguard, assisting with difficult extractions on the Albatross.
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Wednesday night training held at the rubble pile on Johns Rd.
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The set up and execution of a high line at old CWH
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Ladder Derrick work at the 2003 Canterbury Rescue Competitions
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