Mounted search and rescue

["Jorene Downs" <Jorene@CEOates.com>]

One problem I see in the pack train photos is the injured subject's equine
transport is not in direct control of a rider / handler but instead is back
in a string. Direct control of the passenger's mount increases safety for
the patient as well as increasing the patient's level of mental comfort
regarding the process. There is apparently a rider directly behind (with
camera) and monitoring the patient, which is correct. 

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Jorene Downs
SAR & CERT
Mounted SAR
www.ceoates.com/msar


-----Original Message-----
From: Una Smith

[...]  And on http://www.ibiblio.org/msar/pix/  are some
photos of one packed on a horse.  See all the photos from El Paso 
County SAR;  they are from training missions.  The black horse
is packing a collapsible litter and its wheel. [...]