mountain rescue
Peak emergency response
Mountain rescue is the organized effort to locate and assist people in distress in mountainous terrain—hikers who've fallen, climbers stranded by weather, skiers caught in avalanches.
The term covers both the operation itself and the specialized teams who perform it: The mountain rescue team was dispatched at dawn.
These units combine medical skills, technical climbing ability, and knowledge of harsh alpine conditions.
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- first aidInitial injury treatment
- medical evacuationTransporting injured to care
- climberOne who scales
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
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- emergency rescue911, CPR, ambulance, paramedic, paramedics
- mountain lifeyodeling, alpine skiing, skiing, hiking, snowboarding
- rescuesave, help, SAR, assist, lifeline
- mountaineeringsummit, alpinist, ice axe, ice axes, crampons
- ski resort rulesski patrol, ski pass, trail markers, speed limits, rope lines
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Saving lives at sea
maritime rescue · ocean rescue · marine rescue · water rescue · beach lifeguard
mountain rescuestranding
Leaving helplessly isolated
desertion · abandonment · leaving for dead · marooning · mountain expedition
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