Final safety drill

On the last day of our safety course we went over all of the things we learned so far. Afterwards we had an exam which was followed by a gathering.
The exercise took place on a snowfield about half an hour walk from hour student housing. In groups we had to solve different parts to the topics covered by the course.

At this station we had to search for avalanche victims in two different scenarios:

   1. Search for buried persons that had avalanche transceivers on them.

   2. Search for victims without beacons by surveying the surface with our eyes and probing. 

Here we had to act as if bad weather forced us to stop a snowmobile trip. We used the snowmobiles and the sledges to shelter us from the wind. Furthermore we used bivouac bags to keep ourselves warm. We also tried to fit as many people as possible in one bag which was pretty funny.

Pretty much as the training before only that the drop was higher this time and we used actual snowmobiles as anchors for our set up.

Again two situations that we have to get under control:

   1. A snowmobiling accident with four people involved.

   2. An avalanche site with four injured persons different condition.

Before we finally left the area to take our exam back in the UNIS building we got a presentation of the helicopter rescue. They picked up one of the students with a line while hovering in the air. That was pretty cool but took quite some time.
The exam was not too hard and most of the people were finished early. This was more than reason enough to drink a couple of beers and enjoy the free food afterwards.