Surf & Ocean
Beach rescues: helping without becoming the second casualty
A depressing share of drowning victims are people who went in to help someone else. There are better ways, and they work.
Topic
rescue
Every Extreme Sports Adventures article tagged rescue — 4 pieces across 3 sections.
Risk & Rescue
Improvised carries: moving an injured person without a stretcher
Sometimes waiting is right and sometimes it is not. If you have to move someone, doing it badly can cause more damage than the original injury.
Risk & Rescue
Calling for help: what rescuers actually need to hear
The quality of the information in the first call has a direct effect on how fast help arrives and what form it takes. Most people give it badly, because nobody has ever told them what is wanted.
Whitewater
You are out of the boat: the first ten seconds of a whitewater swim
Everyone swims eventually. What separates a bad afternoon from a fatality is almost entirely what the swimmer does in the first few seconds, before anyone else can help.