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*The Alzheimer's search
that wasn't
*New www.SARNews.com link to Newsletter
*Two-day
workshop (May 28-29) on Alzheimer's search management.
*Alzheimer's linked to meaty diet
*Archives of SAR Dog Alert
Newsletter
*Rescue for the next century
*NC SAR
exercise - March 20-24, 2002
*Frostbite
search & rescue story
*Horse rescue
demonstration March 9th in Santa Cruz, CA
*Search for missing
snowboarder called off
*Brain
inflammations halt testing of Alzheimer's vaccine
*Alzheimer's
news and information links - SeniorJournal.com
*The heroes of
search and rescue - masters of disaster
*Critical
Incident Stress among NY firefighters and EMS workers
*Hypothermia-related
deaths --- Utah, 2000, and United States, 1979-1998
*Mentally
stimulating activities may reduce Alzheimer's risk
*Follow up to injured SAR
volunteer
*Idaho
considers charging for search and rescue
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The Alzheimer's search
that wasn't.....
Ever wonder about where search statistics come from, or perhaps more importantly
what they miss? Here is a search that will not appear in the state
database, local law enforcement records, or any record for that matter, as a
search and rescue incident. Nevertheless, an Alzheimer's disease subject
wandered, became lost, and became the subject of a search effort, and was
tragically found deceased.
MC was an 85 year old female in excellent physical health. Her Alzheimer's
was first noticed 4 years ago after a traffic accident. She continued to
live alone in her house in a formally rural area that experienced rapid suburban
growth over the years. She often wandered to the neighbor's house looking for an
aunt or cousin who had been in her house, but then had "disappeared."
Her mirror needed to be removed because "the lady in the mirror would not
talk or leave." She had some chairs that needed to be removed because
in the dim light she thought they were people. She had no close living
relatives and no arrangements were made to obtain a diagnosis of Alzheimer's or
any type of treatment. When social services were contacted no referrals
were made to the Alzheimer's Association or any other type of assistance.
In August 2001, she wandered almost two miles along a four lane divided highway.
On December 22, 2002 at 6pm a friend contacted her to check up. Later that
night the friend could not reach M. The following morning the friend
contacted the neighbors to check in on M since she was still unable to contact
M. The neighbor knocked on the door and got no response. Therefore,
he called the police and started his own search. He was able to locate M.
before any formal search was started. To see a map of the find location,
please visit the website at: www.dbs-sar.com/SARsim/sarsim_suburban_case.htm
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*New www.SARNews.com
link to newsletter
In order to offer more services and value to the newsletter several, new
features have been recently added. Updated daily, recent news articles on
search and rescue, Alzheimer's, rescue dogs, Urban search and rescue, and
missing children may all be found in one location. It is also now possible to
access the archives of all the past newsletters at www.SARNews.com In
addition, directions have been added to the page to make it easier to either
subscribe or unsubscribe to the newsletter. The entire database of
subscribers has been updated. Therefore, members receiving multiple copies
of the newsletter should hopefully only get one in the future.
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Two-day
Workshop on Alzheimer's disease Search Management
On May 28-29, 2002 as part of the NASAR SAR 2002 pre-conference events, Robert
Koester will present a workshop on searching for subjects with Alzheimer's
disease. The seminar offers the participant a unique opportunity to learn about
Alzheimer's disease, wandering, and the correct life-saving actions to take when
a subject with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia disappears. The
training is aimed at law enforcement personnel with supervisory responsibilities
and search and rescue personnel who may be responsible for the initial response
and subsequent search. Field personnel will also gain important insight into the
nature of Alzheimer's and wandering. The course provides an in-depth
presentation of the nature of Alzheimer's disease, the scope of the wandering
problem, search management incident crucials, characteristics of lost
Alzheimer's subjects, initial report collection and action, initial search
strategy, reflex tasking of SAR resources, Urban search considerations, and
several case studies. Students will be provided with an instructor's manual,
PowerPoint presentation CD (retail $100) and other relevant documents. If you
are interested in looking at the current tentative schedule please visit:
http://www.dbs-sar.com/alzheimer_Seminar.htm
Advanced Rescue Technologies has announced it plans on writing a magazine
article on the class. So come to be part of the news!
The class is limited to 25 students due to the interactive nature of the
presentation and case studies. Be sure to register as soon as possible.
$195 for NASAR members and $225 for non-NASAR members.
You may register on-line or call (703) 222-6277
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Archives of SAR Dog Alert
Newsletter
Anyone interested in search and rescue dogs will find a wealth of information
provided in the Search and Rescue Dog Alert Newsletter published by NASAR.
Issues are available on-line from 1993-2001.
http://www.nasar.org/canine/SDA_issues9.shtml#art1
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Rescue for the next century
This document written in 1997 gives a fascinating long-term look at where SAR
might be headed. The projection of future technology is made for 10, 25,
50 and 100 years. It hopes to help exercise the reader's imagination, promote
innovative thinking and provide guidance in R&D planning in the various
government agencies responsible for SAR. It foresees a day when the
"Search" in SAR is all but gone. Of course, technology never
fails and the people we look for have good common sense!
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-o/g-opr/nsarc/sar2000.htm
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Alzheimer's linked to meaty
diet
People with high blood levels of a normal diet byproduct, homocysteine, have
twice the average risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, a study published
Thursday finds.
http://www.iht.com/articles/48155.html
http://www.doctorndtv.com/news/news.asp?id=282
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The
Burke County/Buncombe County (North Carolina) Exercise"
March 20-24, 2002
This year's scenario will be a lost hiker(s) in the terrain near the Blue Ridge
Parkway in the Bent Creek Area. As usual, we will be running a "real
time" search scenario, using real people as the lost subject(s).
http://www.ncsar.com/wncwebpage.htm
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Olympian
suffers frostbite after search & rescue effort
Olympic wrestler Rulon Gardner, who won a wrestling gold medal at the 2000
Olympics, describes his ordeal of being lost, rescued, and suffering from
frostbite to his toes (rather important to an Olympic wrestler).
http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/02/19/wrestler.recovery.ap/index.html
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Horse
rescue demonstration March 9th in Santa Cruz, CA
What if a horse and human were both in need of rescue-do you know what to do in
a life- threatening situation to rescue them safely? Did you know most people
call 911, or the nearest fire department for help? Have you been trained to do
horse rescues? The riding season will soon be upon us and with over 7 million
horses in the United States, it is inevitable that some of them will need to be
rescued from places like ravines, ditches, collapsed barns, overturned trailers,
riding trails or injured in a field. Now, for the first time, there is a new
life-sized horse mannikin to safely learn hands-on training of emergency search
and rescue techniques. "Lucky," the horse mannikin has articulated
limbs, a tail feature as an attachment point, and realistic training weight. It
will accept standard horse harnesses, glides and gear. "Lucky" can be
used in all weather, mud, water and is designed for training indoors or out. It
is specifically designed to train emergency search and rescue techniques to fire
and police departments, SAR units, military, humane societies and equine groups.
www.rescuecritters.com
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Search for missing
snowboarder called off
The article describes the suspension of active searching for Kate Svitek, a 22
year-old snowboarder lost on Mount Bachelor and the subject of a massive search
effort.
http://www.bendbulletin.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=6228
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Brain
inflammations halt testing of Alzheimer's vaccine in South Florida
In what developed into a major story in the fight against Alzheimer's disease, a
major set back occured for an experimental vaccine that had reached human drug
trials. Here are some of the first articles that broke the news.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-rxalzvac19feb19.story?coll=sfla%2Dnews%2Dsfla
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-rxalzvac19feb19.story?
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Alzheimer's
news and information links - SeniorJournal.com
An excellent collection of articles and links on Alzheimer's disease.
http://www.seniorjournal.com/Alzheimers.htm
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The
Heroes of Search and Rescue - Masters of Disaster
Outside Magazine presents an excellent series of articles on Search and Rescue.
Well-researched and written, it provides profiles on a variety of different SAR
providers (high-altitude rangers, cavers, trackers, rescue dogs, SAR pilots, and
volunteers), and an excellent collection of just plain good ole SAR stories, and
some interesting blurbs on important SAR issues (paying for SAR, joining, etc).
Everyone interested in SAR will be intrigued by these articles.
http://outside.away.com/outside/adventure/200202/200202_masters_1.adp
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Critical
Incident Stress among NY firefighters and EMS workers
The 14,000-member NY Fire Department said it has put about 350 people with
stress-related problems on light duty or medical leave since Sept. 11.
Nearly 2,000 more firefighters, fire officers and workers in the department's
Emergency Medical Service unit have seen a counselor through the FDNY's
Counseling Services Unit since September 11.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/716972.asp
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Hypothermia-Related
Deaths --- Utah, 2000, and United States, 1979-1998
The Centers for Disease Control reports that in the United States from 1979-1998
a total of 13,970 deaths were attributed to hypothermia. Utah reported 91
deaths attributed to hypothermia, with an age-adjusted rate of 0.4 per 100,000
population. During the same period, Illinois reported the most deaths (859),
with an age-adjusted rate of 0.4. Alaska had the highest age-adjusted rate of
2.9, with 250 deaths attributed to hypothermia. The article goes on to give
several case history's, including an Alzheimer's case.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5104a2.htm
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Mentally
stimulating activities may reduce Alzheimer's risk
In recent years, many of us have come to believe that doing crossword puzzles or
playing cards might ward off a decline in memory or help us maintain
"brainpower" as we age. Now, a new study suggests there might be some
truth to the use- it-or-lose-it hypothesis.
The study, by scientists at the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center and
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, IL, appearing in the
February 13, 2002, "Journal of the American Medical Association",
found that more frequent participation in cognitively stimulating activities is
associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The research looked
at everyday activities like reading books, newspapers or magazines, engaging in
crosswords or card games, and going to museums among participants in the
Religious Orders Study, an ongoing examination of aging among older Catholic
nuns, priests, and brothers from several groups across the U.S. On a scale
measuring cognitive activity -- with higher scores indicating more frequent
activity -- a one-point increase in cognitive activity corresponded with a 33
percent reduction in the risk of AD.
So keep reading the SAR Newsletter and help reduce your risk of Alzheimer's
disease!
http://www.seniors.gov/articles/0202/alzheimers-risk.htm
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Follow-up to injured SAR
volunteer
Here is a letter by a fellow rescuer reprinted with permission to provide
follow-up on an article reported in last month's newsletter.
Hello All
Don Neuman, one of our members, took the fall when he became disoriented
in the blizzard and snowmobiled over a cornice on the Continental
Divide. (39-55-2.76N, 105-40-54.8W) He was transporting a rescued
snowmachiner at the time. He suffered a broken femur and is lucky to be
alive. Both parties ended up on the east side, in Gilpin County about
700 foot down.
He was with two other members, each with a rescued snowmachiner. One,
Frank Nieto( formerly of Grand County, now with Alpine), climbed down to
aid Don and the hypothermic patient. A snow trench type shelter was
built. The other member, Dirk Eichler, walked the two victims to safety
after he figured out where he was. We couldn't believe it when he called
in GPS that indicated their position off course above the Corona Road!!!
The 12 hour rescue involved two 700 foot uphauls in the worst weather
conditions imaginable, using the two abandoned snowmobiles for the
anchor. http://www.rmrg.net/home/hutch/sledXanchor.jpg
Besides the lack of anything substantial for the anchor, one of the main
problems was navigating teams to the rescue point in whiteout and then
whiteout at night conditions. Radio communications were also a
nightmare - high winds garbled transmissions and radio batteries and
speaker mics froze up. Several members suffered varying degrees of
frostbite.
Rescuers from Grand, Alpine and Winter Park Ski Patrol as well as dozens
of local volunteers provided a fantastic group effort. It is my
understanding that teams from Gilpin Co., Summit Co. Rescue Group and RMRG
were enroute.
Thanks to all who helped out!
Greg Foley
Grand 806
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Idaho
considers passing legislation to allow charging for Search and Rescue
The state of Idaho currently has legislation in the Senate Committee after
passing the House. The legislation allows charging people over the age of
18 up to $4000 if they disobey closed road signs and it then results in a search
and rescue effort. The newspaper articles goes on to give the viewpoint of
one local sheriff.
http://ktvb.com/news/newstory.html?StoryID=11473
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