Thread: GOPR Rescue Snowmobile

From a first look, it appears that it would do the intended job well.

Only concerns I would have, would be the loading / unloading of the casualty, plus the fact that if CPR or other urgent treatment was needed, they would need to be unloaded first.

However, considering the environment that it is intended for, the casualty would be stabilised before transport, and the ride would only be a few mins. Seems perfect for spinal cases, and limb fractures, and monitoring of head wounds appears to be easy enough as well.

All in all, a reasonably well thought out design. The shape & colour means it would make surviving an avalanche more probable.

At a quick glance, the only obvious drawback would be that if it rolled over sideways,with that sperical shape, it would tend to keep rolling. Otherwise, it looks quite good. 130man.

Precisely, in addition yo have no access to the lower limbs when transporting the casualty. Most often ski casualties tend to have lower limbs injuries with possible haemorrhage.

Originally Posted by Basil135

From a first look, it appears that it would do the intended job well.

Only concerns I would have, would be the loading / unloading of the casualty, plus the fact that if CPR or other urgent treatment was needed, they would need to be unloaded first.

However, considering the environment that it is intended for, the casualty would be stabilised before transport, and the ride would only be a few mins. Seems perfect for spinal cases, and limb fractures, and monitoring of head wounds appears to be easy enough as well.

All in all, a reasonably well thought out design. The shape & colour means it would make surviving an avalanche more probable.

I'm glad someone answered. I've been trying to figure it out for days!

Seems like overkill...

This is the way it is normally done:


Or this if you want to be fancy...


The only real problem I can see is CofG looks too high.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Seems like overkill...

This is the way it is normally done:


Or this if you want to be fancy...


The only real problem I can see is CofG looks too high.

That must have been a bad skiing accident - there's not much of him left there!