NOW LET’S BREAK DOWN THESE RULES. A PERSON CAN SURVIVE THREE MINUTES WITHOUT AIR. 0DQ\ WDNH WKLV TXLWH OLWHUDOO\ DQG LQVWDQWO\ GURZQLQJ RU VXRFDWLRQ SRSV LQWR WKHLU KHDGV %XW Ζ WDNH LW EH\RQG WKDW 7KLV PHDQVWKDW\RXUERG\LVWKHQH[WLPSRUWDQWDVVHW7DNHFDUHRILW(DWKHDOWK\�f;H[HUFLVH�f;OHDUQVLWXDWLRQDODZDUHQHVV�f;DQGOHDUQ medical skills. If you frequent the outdoors then I highly recommend you take Wilderness First Responder Training. Medical skills are highly overlooked in the outdoor population. We learn to ride our mountain bikes, tie knots, how to climb, shoot, hunt, ski, snowboard, WKHOLVWLVHQGOHVV%XWYHU\IHZSXWDQ\WLPHRUFRQVLGHUWKHLPSRUWDQFHLQOHDUQLQJKRZWRȴ[WKHLU�f;RUWKHLUORYHGRQHVȇ�f;EURNHQ body. Why is this? In the backcountry, the rescue teams are hours, if not days away from you. Three minutes! That’s all you have in a critical situation, if not less. Learn those medical skills! Just knowing CPR is not enough. If you know anything about CPR, then you know that if you have to perform it on a person in this environment for hours, their chance of survival is grim. 60 | COLORADO BOWHUNTERS ASSOCIATION | January-February 2022
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