Patrolling Tips

The following tips have been mentioned at morning meetings, refreshers, or in some other context.

• Patient care:
  • On cold days, get out the door quickly and get pts inside quickly.
• ALS Calls:
  • Document signage on the patroller comments supplement.
  • Notify the senior paid patroller when ALS has been requested (so s/he can notify management and the parking crew).
  • Notify UPD of patients with life-threatening injuries (i.e., many ALS calls) and serious injuries to minors.
  • ALS calls on Milly should usually go to the Chalet rather than the Aid Room.
  • Manage the scene.
• Rope lines:
  • Ropes should be connected to signposts and bamboo using clove hitches.
  • Ropes should be connected to signposts above the signs.
  • Orange flagging should be threaded through all ropes (without a knot).
  • Ropes should not be attached to fixed objects (e.g., trees).
• Separated parties:
  • We prefer to refer to these as "separated" rather than "lost."
  • Increase the urgency if the separated party is young (and especially if it is extremely cold outside or it is early season and we have open creeks).
  • Keep a patroller with the reporting party if possible. Otherwise, get the reporting party's phone number and request that they call Crest Top if the person is located.
• Speed control:
  • Remain calm. Don't let a disrespectful guest lure you into similar behavior.
  • If the infraction was moderate, educate the guest and let them keep their pass.
  • If the infraction was moderate but the guest refuses to learn from their behavior, take their pass (Max will keep it for a day or two).
  • If the guest was skiing recklessly, take the guest's pass (Max will determine when and whether they should get the pass).
• Toboggans:
  • Put toboggan carriers on chair backs with the chains (not the curved bars) toward the guest.
  • Rotate toboggans out of the aid room promptly.
  • Transport toboggans back to their top shack promptly.
• Other:
  • Do not leave a top shack uncovered except for 10-50s (i.e., not for transport-only calls).
  • A patroller's job includes preventing injuries by removing hazards when identified and practical (i.e., removing or flagging a patch of snowcat debris).