 Poster: A snowHead
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Barely, but I've started my 4th winter as a Patroler, 3rd in Megeve.
Yesterday was first aid retraining, we do it annually, it's a standard course for all official first responders, Fire dept, Ambulance etc.
Last years was all tailored to the olympics and nothing to do with ski partol, this year some of the stuff was relavant to us and only some from the national sylabus...Childbirth and newborn breathing dificulties, resusitation being the odd stuff.
If anyone is interested here is a link to the practical first aid recomendations we get....beware it's 752 pages of French!
https://www.domaines-skiables.fr/smedia/filer_private/e8/73/e873ae4f-4e70-4a1c-8ed0-59738d28755c/guide-pratique_adsp_2024.pdf
There was real fresh snow, but as it was cold enough the Snowmakers were hard at it
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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good luck for the new season @Idris, and look forward to seeing your posts for this year.
i have enjoyed your various reports from previous seasons, and it gives us snowheads a window in to the work you and your fellow pistuers do to keep the slopes working and skiers/boarders safe
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Good luck, I always enjoy your insights
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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A report of childbirth on the slopes would be fun!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Idris, good wishes from another fan
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Have a great season
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@Idris, A fascinating instruction manual @Idris, I like the idea that there is a whole section on "les accidents de désaturation (ou décompression ou accidents biophysiques)," especially for Tignes. They cover everything.
Are you examined on it?
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@Idris, have a great season!!
(PS do you ever have trouble at closing time in Chalet Sauvage?  )
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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@Idris, have a great season!!
(PS do you ever have trouble at closing time in Chalet Sauvage? ) |
I'm over on the Rochbrune side rather than Mont d'Arbois.
The link lift between the two areas closes before we do sweep at the end of the day so we don't get them or Folie duce lot either.
Getting the clients out the door before the piste closes, or transporting them down safely (you cant just let them ski home once the run is closed) is the bars problem not ours. The law changed on this quite a few years ago.
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Sorry for being quiet on this one.
Truth be known not much different has happend this winter....so far. We are 10% up on clientel, 10% down on accidents. Both are attributed to better snow conditions.
A few small things of note.
Last monday we had 5 accidents, quite a bit for a weekday in January, but the weather was nice. 3 serious ones and 2 not serious.
I responded to the 2 non serious ones (in fact I responded to the first call that turned out to be non serious) and 10 min after I was all done, responded to the next call.
Strange thing was both my calls were for the same thing in the same place. Both older british weomen who had damaged/upset a knee, both on the same run, on psite marker apart and an hour and a half apart!
The serious ones, were a upturned dog sled, the injured had a painful back and broken ribs - helicoptered off.
A suspected cardiac coplaint on the magic carpet - off to the local medical center and what turned out to be a bruised cocix, wrapped in full body matteras and off to Sallanches
So far this winter I have done 9 rescues as the first to respond - these are the ones that count in corprate statistics. But I have been on 27 rescues/interventions etc. this season.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Thanks for the update I wonder what the majority of incidents are and the causes.
I was at a small resort on Tuesday and three casualties were all been seen to at the same time (different incidents). One of them was getting a heli ride. The previous couple of days I don’t really remember seeing any.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Tweaky knee must be a major one?
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@Idris, love reading this. Hope your season is as excellent as it should be.
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You know it makes sense.
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@Idris, I'd just like to add my appreciation for this thread. Apart from bash stuff this is the only one I have saved for notifications.
Great stuff. Informative and very well written.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I’m heading out to StG today, 24 hours later than planned and my knee is already hurting in anticipation, in the nicest possible way, I hope I don’t meet you but thanks for being there just in case I do.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Idris, I find even the few bits you post on here fascinating, so please carry on whenever to have time.
Something I've been wondering about is whether there is any truth in the suggestion that Carre Neige is a contribution to piste patrol. I'd assumed (based on the documents) that it's an insurance policy where the premiums go to the insurer and that piste patrol then claim back costs from that insurance. However, I'm prepared to be corrected. Do you which way it works?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| sugarmoma666 wrote: |
@Idris, I find even the few bits you post on here fascinating, so please carry on whenever to have time.
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+1
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Gämsbock wrote: |
| sugarmoma666 wrote: |
@Idris, I find even the few bits you post on here fascinating, so please carry on whenever to have time.
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