Exam 29: Wilderness Search and Rescue

When a person is reported as lost, the first step in notification is ____.

____ tactics, or searches targeted toward actually finding the missing individual, are typically thought of as ground searching.

At the ____ level, the Paramedic starts the process of establishing a wilderness search and rescue with a set of SOPs, and is expected to obtain information about the terrain.

The "T" in the mnemonic LAST stands for ____.

Following notification, the ____level Paramedic will establish Incident Command, including scene control.

The National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) addresses wilderness search and rescue in its standard on operations for technical search and rescue incidents, NFPA ____.

Aerial reconnaissance (using aircraft to conduct a search) can be part of the direct search tactics.

____ is the process of relating all information gained by a searcher during an assignment to the search management.

Most searches utilize direct search tactics.

____ is a method of encouraging the patient to come to the searchers or move to a specific location.

During a rescue operation, a search of high probability areas is called a(n) ____ search.

The "L" in the mnemonic LAST stands for ____.

Air scent dogs must be kept on a lead during a search.

The "A" in the mnemonic LAST stands for ____.

Loose grid searches are usually done in teams of no more than ____ search and rescue Technicians.

Tracking teams are typically made up of ____ searchers.

Once assigned to a team and given an objective, searchers need to be self-sufficient in terms of personal equipment and appropriate clothing for the season and environment.

Psychotic subjects many times walk off and enter deep, thickly wooded wilderness areas.

A ____ search involves looking for any place that can provide food, water, shelter, or medical attention.

____ is looking for evidence that a subject has been in a given area, rather than looking for the subject himself.