Date offered: Saturday and Sunday, July 12-13, 2025
Location: Manchester Whitewater Park
Start time: 9:00 a.m. each day
Finish time: 4:00 p.m each day
Short description: This year's course will focus on using past Swiftwater rescue skills and prior training to actually effect rescues in a scenario-based setting. Participants can either participate in both days or just one. Scenarios will utilize boat-based rescues and more advanced and time-consuming rescue techniques. Participants should bring the rescue gear that they normally bring when doing a river trip. A review of basic rescue techniques and equipment will begin each day and after each scenario is complete after-action analysis will be completed by the entire team.
Prerequisite: It is preferred that participants have taken a 2 day Swiftwater rescue class and have their own rescue equipment such as a rescue pfd, throw rope, carabiners and pullies.
Equipment needed: Your own food(snacks, lunch, liquids), suitable paddling gear for air and water temperatures (dress for getting wet, have towels and dry clothes for after the class is over), helmet, kayak or canoe paddle suitable for moving water use (possible rocks during wading), whitewater kayak or whitewater useable canoe, air bag/flotation in kayak or canoe, spray skirt for whitewater kayak unless a sit-on-top whitewater kayak. Please bring any additional rescue equipment you might have such as throw rope, carabiners, pulleys or webbing that you prefer to use over the equipment provided. The main goal of this course is to practice and implement prior learned rescue skills. In addition to Swiftwater rescue skills participants will need to use wilderness first aid techniques to stabilize victims. This could include dealing with broken bones, lacerations, rescue breathing or any other possible scenarios that we can come up with.
Main goal of this course: To practice and implement prior learned rescue skills. In addition to Swiftwater rescue skills participants will need to use wilderness first aid techniques to stabilize victims. This could include dealing with broken bones, lacerations, rescue breathing or any other possible scenarios that we can come up with.