nasar sartech II exam with solutions

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search - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔an operation using available
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personnel and facilities to locate persons in distress
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rescue - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔an operation to retrieve persons
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in distress provide for their initial medical or other needs and
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deliver them to a place of safety
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3 basic categories of search and rescue skills training - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔search, rescue, survival/support \| \| \|




Describe course offerings of the US National Search and Rescue
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School - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔oceanic, costal, and inland
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search planning leadership procedures. Land and air searches
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(wilderness)


List organizations involved in developing standards and
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regulations - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Occupational Safety and
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Health Administration (OSHA), National Fire Protection Association
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(NFPA), ASTM International, American Society of Safety Engineers
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(ASSE), American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
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National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR)
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characteristics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔national level education \| \| \| \| \| \| \|



and certification for SAR responders and teams
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,Mountain Rescue Association characteristics - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔mountain search and rescue techniques \| \| \| \| \|




Civil Air Patrol (CAP) characteristics - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔youth cadet program, development of air search, provide
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transportation (US Air Force) \| \| \|




US Coast Guard Auxiliary characteristics - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔volunteer boats and aircrafts for sar \| \| \| \| \|




USA Freedom Corps characteristics - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔created after 9/11 to protect and support local responders,
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raises service opportunities
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Citizen Corps characteristics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔answer
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questions and coordinate volunteer activities to prepare for
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emergency situations (FEMA and USA Freedom Corps) \| \| \| \| \| \|




Community Emergency Response Teams characteristics - \| \| \| \| \| \|



CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔incase first responders do not arrive on
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time, citizens can assist, citizens are trained and organized
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International SAR organizations and describe their roles in search \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|



and rescue - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Alpine Rescue (mountain
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SAR), International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation
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(promotes growth and protection of mountaineering and climbing),
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International Search and Rescue Advisory Group
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(urban SAR/structural collapse issues)
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,5 International Stages of SAR - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Preplanning \|




Awareness
Planning
Operations
Conclusion


awareness - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔info that someone needs
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assistance which can be an indication of action needed
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Initial action: evaluate and gain more info (uncertainty, alert, and
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distress)


conclusion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔determined that no one is in
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distress, nothing was found or the search is concluded, all
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resources are notified the mission is concluded
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planning - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔planning is critical to the
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success, location and situation for searching
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operations - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔locate, access, stabilize, and
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transport


4 Phases (LAST) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Locate
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Access
Stabilize

, Transport


Locate - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔find an address to an extended
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search for a lost person
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Access - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔search is over, gain access and
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treat injuries, planning should be complete and carried out
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Stabilize - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔physical, medical, and
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emotional, scene safety, situation must be stabilized. First is \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|



medical management (exams, life support), next is emotional
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support and keeping the victim calm so the rescuers and subject
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do not get hurt.
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Transport - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔stabilized subject must
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continue to be assessed and stable throughout transportation,
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from walking on foot to helicopter transport (inform the subject
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what to expect) \| \|




Role of US National SAR Committee and its 2 Documents -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔responsible for the US National SAR Plan
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and the US National SAR Supplement to the IAMSAR Manual
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COSPAS-SARSAT System and Roles of 3 Major Types of Distress \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|



Beacons - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔international humanitarian SAR
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system that uses satellites to detect and locate emergency
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beacons carried by ships, aircraft, and individuals. Emergency
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Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) for navy/water use,
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