16 — Wednesday, March 25, 1998 — North Shore News

Cypress Bowl hosts first-aid contest

ACCIDENTS, while
skiing, are common.

the North Shore mountains.
Inturies range trom: broken
bones Uthe mest common),
sprains and distocations, to
severe external bleeding and
head and spinal injunes. People
volunteer with the local first-
did ski patrol to provide skiers
on Grouse Mountain and

Even the most: expert: of
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Most recently the skiing death
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SKi area with first-aid care,

The volunteer first aid) ski
patrol has been operanng on
North Shore mountains tor
more than 50 vears.

The skills of first-aid volun
teers will be put to the test en
Saturday, March 28, trom 9
am. te 3 pam. at the Cypress

Bow! Cross Country Ski area.

The competition is open tor
public viewing [ts an oppor
tunity tor people to learn what
in tikes to save a dite, said St,
John Ambutance spokesperson
Bridget Milsom.

Teams will face various acct:
dent scenarios. Phe teams will
he umed and judged on how

well they respond.
clear thinking teamwork and
evpenence are entical.

‘Teams are awarded points
based on their ability to deter-
mine the history of the ine
dent, management of the scene
and how effectively the team
applies first-aid treatment.

Milsom. the director ot

Quick,

training = for St. John
Ambulance, works with the
first-aid ski patrol.

She is in charge of produc-
ing and judging the competi-
tion scenarios.

“Competitions are an
important part of first aid train-

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