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Crash and Learn - E3: Kern River Rescue

Rescuing a Victim in a Tree

In episode 3 of Crash and Learn, Trevor and Kailee are looking at an accident video from The Kern River in California. We'll be discussing in detail some concepts about strainer rescues, layered safety, emotional state vs. risk management, rescue techniques, and experience vs. training. There were some serious red flags from the outset of this rescue and some very serious challenges that we want to address in this video that are more subtle in nature. This video highlights why training should be an ongoing process and how detrimental high levels of emotion can be to a rescue scenario.

This video comes to us from Ray Cowan's Channel and if you would like to watch the original video it can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94bHAzHEYvc

Please bear in mind that the discussion in this video is the personal opinion of those presenting the video based on their experience. It is designed for educational purposes only.

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