SAM Coverage
Safety
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Helicopter Rescue Options Expand for Ski Resorts
Now that civilian emergency medical services (EMS) and search and rescue (SAR) operations have gotten the green light to make helicopter hoist rescues, emergency…
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How Do You Handle A Heart Attack
It is a warm, sunny spring afternoon. A 50-year-old man and his wife are enjoying perfect snow conditions as they head down the wide-open…
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Two Lift Mechanics Injured in Separate Incidents
*Ed. Note: Two lift mechanics at Snow Valley Ski Area, in Southern California, were seriously injured in unrelated accidents just two days apart in…
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The Opie and Dopey Show
Since 1981, two little rubber dolls named Opie and Dopey have become unlikely ambassadors for ski and snowboard safety in Summit County, carrying their…
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Revised Book for Ski Patrol
Since the publication of the National Ski Patrol’s second edition of Outdoor Emergency Care five years ago, major national changes have occurred in prehospital…
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Hot-Selling Helmets Still Provoke Controversy
While the ski industry debates the use of helmets and authorities haggle over standards and recommendations, helmet sales are on the rise. The word…
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Patrol And Control
Snowboarders began coming to Boreal in northern California back in 1979 — before most people knew the difference between a board for sliding and…
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Safety On My Mind
It was October, 1990, the weekend of Ski Patrol Refresher Course at Sugarloaf/ USA, Me., and I was thinking about skier safety. Sugarloaf is…
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Drills Work
by Dennis O’Shea, Ph.D., Training Manager, Mt. Bachelor, Oregon It’s 9:00 a.m. Sunday, May 16, 1993. Ten food service employees are climbing the stairs…
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Preparing For The Unthinkable
by Douglas G. McKown, Assistant Director, Banff Emergency Medical Services and Patrolman, Sunshine Village, Banff, Alberta A large-scale accident that results in many injured…
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Ergonomic Ailments
Almost everyone has experienced an ergonomic ailment — tennis elbow, tendinitis, writer’s cramp are classic examples. Recently, such ailments have been given names like…
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The Trouble With Detachables
Detachable quad chairlifts are great for passengers, but they have created access and evacuation problems for ski area rescuers. And, as they proliferate, the…
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Why Bother With A Safety Loop Monitor?
An emergency stop order on a lift must be carried out immediately, given the sheer power of the machinery involved and its capacity to…
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Propane: It’s A Blast!
On Wednesday, January 20, shortly after two in the afternoon, and in the middle of a raging Sierra snowstorm, a propane explosion ignited a…
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Quality Assurance
The January issue of SAM contained an article that explored some of the implications of Quality Assurance — as understood in the context of…
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Quality Assurance
The January issue of SAM contained an article that explored some of the implications of Quality Assurance — as understood in the context of…
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Quality Assurance
The January issue of SAM contained an article that explored some of the implications of Quality Assurance — as understood in the context of…
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Quality Assurance
The January issue of SAM contained an article that explored some of the implications of Quality Assurance — as understood in the context of…