Recent content by SkiPatrol

Wow!! I've been away for a while and when I logged in I was really surprised and pleased with the response!! Thanks.

I haven't encountered the claustrophbia issue yet but I can see your point. As for patient comfort if it were me I'd take a bag any day. Particularly in the winter. I have however had the bag (its really slippery on snow) and patient start sliding down hill on me...They didn't get far but I...

I'm a ski patrol at resort in the Canadian Rockies...our protocol for a back injury has always been a collar, back board and a nice toboggan ride to meet you guys at the bottom of the hill. Recently, we acquired a couple of full body vacum bags which we use for extractions...there is some...

Sounds good...I'll start searchin... What hill in Washington??

The sites look good... I patrol at Marmot Basin just outside of Jasper Alberta.... http://skimarmot.com The pro patrol is there everyday but I patrol with the Canadian Ski Patrol. We have a contract to provide service on weekends. I'm up every other weekend. We don't get paid although we do...

We've been going since Nov 15 and we just closed our hill down this weekend...still lots of snow but no skiers. All out golfing. I patrol on the eastern side of the rockies...half the hill is above the treeline and everything above the tree line is an avalanche slope so we have a pretty active...

I wish...radio, gloves, SAM Splints, dressings and bandages...the rest is either in the toboggan or comes when I call.

Thanks...I'll check out their website.

Skiing out of bounds?? :) Thanks for the advice...can you reach around behind your vest to get at paper work or a SAM splint??

It never ceases to amaze me how gear can accumulate in a pack....the fishing vest might be a lower cost solution. Thanks!

I'm a ski patrol in the canadian rockies. I now use a back pack to carry my first responder gear and a harness for my radio. By the end of the day it gets kinda heavy and it pushes me farther forward on the chair lift seat than I care to be. I'm thinking of buying vest that I can wear under...