Coquitlam SAR members were kept very busy last weekend in a combination of training, search and one international competition. On Saturday, several members trained at Gold Creek in Golden Ears park for Swift Water rescue. Two members were certifying as First Responders (first aid). On Sunday, members of our Mountain Rescue group were training on …
Recently, the Coquitlam SAR team received a life saving donation compliments of Medtonic Canada Ltd. and its partnership with VANOC. Coquitlam SAR applied to receive an Automatic External Defibrillator to aid in the treatment of cardiac arrest. This device, a Lifepak 1000, has the ability to deliver electric shocks to restart a stopped heart. It also has the added …
At approximately 1100hrs on Sunday March 1st, 2009 a group of four friends were hiking near Barton Point on the Halvor Lunden trail above Buntzen Lake after having spent the night camping in the Lindsay Lake area. While moving across a snow slope, one member of their group slipped and fell approximately 10m. He came …