In this episode of The Real ResQ, we are joined by Dr. Chris Hewitt, Prehospital and Emergency Medicine Physician.  Chris gives us a different perspective as the Medical Director from his background.  He tells us of a story where he ran some of his junior medics through a tough scenario which turned into a real life save scenario six months later.  With his type of training scenarios, he looks for his medics to “make a decision that's heading toward right.” We then get into a story about when he was working in Houston TX and he helped on scene with a terrible car crash.  Our next story from Chris was while he was on a fixed wing flight on a C130.  A hard landing literally cracked the tail of the C130, Chris never skipped a beat with his patient care. We finish our conversation talking about training scenarios and collaboration with a multitude of moving parts. Enjoy!

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In this episode of The Real ResQ, we are joined by Edwin Hannah, USCG RS 450.  Ed had an incredible career in the Coast Guard.  As we get into our conversation, he takes us through some of the rescues that stand out to him.  One of them was the rescue of a vessel that sank with Ed saving five lives, thus earning him a Coast Guard Achievement Medal.  He tells us his crazy stories from Hurricane Katrina, which earned him another Coast Guard Achievement Medal. We go over a rescue that earned him a Coast Guard Commendation Medal for the case of a sailboat that “rolled in heavy seas”. Ed mentioned a few other stories in between the award rescues which were just as amazing.  We finish off with some great advice about CRM.  With a training flight that could have gone from bad to worse, Ed always kept it in his mind to speak up when needed.  Enjoy!

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In this episode of The Real ResQ, we are joined by John Blown from Vancouver Canada. John is a hoist operator for Talon Helicopters and the Air Operations Coordinator with North Shore Rescue. With his 20 years of doing volunteer Search and Rescue and the teams running hundreds of calls every year, he definity remembers a few rescues that he has done. His very first rescue was climbing a mountain in the middle of the night.  He and his team were following another team of climbers up to the victim’s location.  With headlamps on, while building the ropes system and rocks whizzing by them, they made it and were able to get the victims off of the mountain. Another of John's rescues was a missing snowboarder that he and his team found and were awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.  He tells us about his first rescue as a hoist operator for a woman who had been lost overnight.  Some of the stories we talk about do not always have a happy ending.  Being in the area that he is in, they deal with a lot of body recovery incidents.  From a cold waterfall recovery, to a plane crash that he responded to, and a lost hiker that made a call saying, “I’m lost” just before she fell off the trail, they have quite the array of calls. We finish on a positive note where he and his team recovered a snowboarder who was caught in an avalanche. Enjoy!

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In this episode of The Real ResQ, we are joined by Kurt De Boeck and Filip Windles, Search and Rescue Divers from the Belgian Air Force.  As we start talking about their first rescues, Filip begins by detailing his case which involved performing CPR.  For Kurt’s first rescue, Filip was with him as his instructor. Kurt recalls Filip looking at him and saying, “You’ve got it”. Filip tells a few more stories that stand out to him.  One of his stories had me in awe. He dove into a capsized vessel and found victims still alive in an air bubble in one of the rooms. Another story he shared was a wooden fishing vessel in distress in Force 9 (50MPH) winds. Filip was on deck and the hoist cable was wrapped into the rigging of the boat and damaged the cable. This forced Filip to then take a rescue boat with the survivors back to shore.  Later when they found that very same vessel washed up on shore in Holland, they realized that it was more than just a regular fishing boat. Kurt has a great story about being sent out to rescue a boat with stranded refugees. As they flew out to assist, he and his crew discovered a few people stranded on a buoy. They then found a large group of people who were in a small boat until they saw the helicopter arriving and started jumping into the water. Having stories from two different rescuemen had me enjoying this episode from beginning to end. Enjoy!

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In this episode of The Real ResQ, we are joined by Thomas Cooney, USCG RS 28.  Before we get into some of his crazy rescues, we go way back in time and Thomas talks about how the Coast Guard always naturally integrated into his life.  As we talk about the different moments in time, Thomas gives us a bit of a history lesson. We take a walk down memory lane and he recalls his first memorable call out in San Francisco with a plane crash.  He talks about a rescue where he saved three lives, earning him an Air Medal. This story led us into another rescue story that just so happened to occur the night before the award ceremony.  We finish off with a couple stories that are the types of missions that you are grateful to walk away from when you work in this field. We end with a thank you message to the Coast Guard Aviation Association.  Enjoy! 

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In this ASTerisk episode of The Real ResQ, we are joined by Mike Fox from Onboard Systems. We get deep in the weeds with rules and regulations for the manufacturers of Human External Cargo (HEC).  We talk about what his company does and continues to do in order to make the best cargo hook on the market.  We talk about all sorts of applications for the cargo hook and the regulatory side of the dual cargo hook system.  Moreover, we specifically get into the HEC side of things and discuss a few rescues where longline/short haul was the best option.  Enjoy!

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In this episode of The Real ResQ, we are joined by David Weber - National Park Ranger, Paramedic, and Climbing Ranger. David splits his time between Teton National Park, WY and Denali National Park, AK. One of the first rescues he talks about was one of the first stories he remembers as a rescueman. The patient was injured in a location that was a far way up the river and trail. After an eight hour hike out, the patient was carried out on a litter. Then we get into a few stories that Dave remembers from climbing in Denali, one of which was a climbing incident where two guys had taken a long fall.  He went out on another call for carbon monoxide poisoning and the non-standard response made for a very memorable rescue. Then we got into a wild story where a team of climbers had a fall. One of the victims had an open tib-fib fracture from the fall.  As the hours passed, the team split up and made the rescue even harder.  We also talk a little bit about good advice that we have been given over the years.  A couple that we discuss are, knowing the difference between “YOU SUCK and THAT SUCKED” and “What's the plan and who's in charge?” Enjoy!

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In this episode of The Real ResQ, we have the honor and privilege to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Finnish Border Guard Rescue Swimmer Program. The Finnish Border Guard created an Air Patrol Squadron in 1981.  After a few years of flying, they decided they needed Rescue Swimmers.  On 01JUN1982, the Finnish Border Guard created their Rescue Swimmer Program.  Without any formal training, instruction, or even knowing what they needed, Juha Raatikainen (JP) became Finnish Border Guard Rescue Swimmer #01.  JP tells us of some of the growing pains they went through when the program began.  He talks about the trial and errors with equipment, procedures, and the interesting collateral jobs that they were asked to do.  He tells us of one of his first big rescues that had a tanker on fire.  Next, Sami Ollila joins us again to explain what the Finnish Border Guard Rescue Swimmers do for recruitment, training, gear and more.  Enjoy!

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In this special Memorial Day episode of The Real ResQ, we reflect and honor some of those who have fallen while serving The United States of America. This episode is dedicated to our finned brother Chief Petty Officer Fernando Jorge USCG RS #404, who lost his life in the crash of the 6535 along with Pilot, Lt. Cmdr. Dale Taylor, Co-Pilot Lt. j.g. Thomas Cameron, and Flight Mechanic Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew "Drew" Knight.

In this episode, we are joined by a few people that knew and had a close relationship with Fernando Jorge. We hear from his sister Gina, Sean Duron USCG RS 407, Ed Hannah USCG RS 450, and Jason Edmiston USCG RS 438.  We also take a moment to discuss the accident with Dave Callen, Certified Flight Instructor Pilot and SR3 Rescue Concepts Instructor. 

We remember you and we thank you for your service. Enjoy!

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In this episode of The Real ResQ, we are joined by Dillon Nelson, an Air National Guardsman and his dog Jakoby.  This is a little different than your standard Search and Rescue team because Jakoby is a cadaver dog.  For this duo, their missions are more of the Search and Recovery. As we know, not all Search and Rescue missions have a happy ending, however, with a way to get closure for the friends and family, Dillon and Jakoby are two that help make it happen.  Dillon tells us a few of his memorable searches which include a missing 4 year old, a missing ROTC student, as well as a bit of a wild ghost story.  Plus we get into all the training and what he and Jakoby have had to do in order to be nationally certified in the detection of human remains. Enjoy!

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