Exam 29: Wilderness Search and Rescue

____ consist of general information shared with the searchers about the incident and the objectives, as well as specific information gained from the Lost Person Questionnaire.

____ searches are very slow, methodical, thorough, yield high coverage of the search area, and align personnel in a parallel or echelon formation of equal spacing as the terrain allows.

____ search tactics include actions that do not take place in the search area itself.

Car exhaust can obscure a scent trail.

____ uses stride length to skip a step when a sign cannot be found and to determine where the next step might be located.

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

Effective search width is a measure of the effectiveness with which a particular sensor (person or dog) can detect a particular object under specific environmental conditions.

____ theory is a mathematical approach to determining how best to find that which is sought.

When wandering, Alzheimer's patients generally continue forward, albeit slowly, and will continue to move forward until they reach a physical impediment.

A mission critique is best done ____ the incident.

____ involves establishing a best guess perimeter to contain the subject and limit the search area.

____ describes the sudden onset of overwhelming panic and confusion a person may feel after initially realizing he is lost.

Children ages one to three years old do not understand the concept of being lost.

The Paramedic trained at the Operations level must also be trained to the Technician level for rope rescue.

A study of 2,302 wilderness search and rescue (SAR) missions published in the Journal of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine in 2007 indicated that ____ was the strongest predictor of survival.