‘Cold Card’ to Guide Responders in the Assessment and Care of Cold-Exposed Patients Topics:Backcountry Winter Sports,Protocols & Procedures,Wilderness Medical Society (WMS),Wilderness Medicine Author(s): Gordon G. Giesbrecht, PhD The “Cold Card” is a concise, easy-to-use decision aid that...
including gender, group size, adult interaction, play communication, physical activity intensity, risk-taking behaviour, peer interaction and environmental interaction. Gender was collected during observations and recorded based on how the child presented using potential visible gender markers, as outlined e...
indoor rock climbing or conducting a backpacking course in the woods rather than an urban greenspace. Additional immersion could be built-in during meals, the location of reflection activities, or the location of supporting lessons (i.e., those not related directly to outdoor skills such as ...
6 Eight categories of risky play have been identified through observations and interviews with children and ECECs:7-9 1) Play with great heights – danger of injury from falling, such as all forms of climbing, jumping, hanging/dangling, or balancing from heights; 2) Play with high speed –...
Other manufactured playground equipment included a rock-climbing wall, ninja rope, merry-go-round, seesaw, monkey bars, fireman pole, tunnel, trampoline, balancing beam, and a mini-zipline. Fig. 3 Types of fixed manufactured equipment Full size image There was a significant difference between ...
Traditional gender stereotypes in the outdoors have been perpetuated by visual media, where women are often portrayed as passive participants, looking stylish while sitting or walking; while men are represented as actively participating in physically demanding activities like kayaking or rock-climbing (Mc...
Many climbers lose commitment and won’t make the moves because they over-think when climbing. To stay committed you to need to stop at rest stances and think through the risk. Then you need to make an appropriate risk decision (go or no go. Can I fall here or can I not fall here...
Staff walk out of Hollywood climbing gym, say company kept shooting threat a secret Employees at a popular Los Angeles rock climbing gym walked out after learning that management had not immediately disclosed a shooting threat and that they had worked in ignorance — and possible danger, they ...
perspectives. At forest school (FS), a group of children are playing in and around a muddy puddle. The FS Leaders have set up the FS site prior to the children's arrival; during this episode, they are engaged with other children who are lighting a campfire, climbing trees and using ...
the Reducing Risk through Interpersonal Development, Empowerment, Resiliency, and Self-Determination (RezRIDERS) program based in Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico features outdoor recreation activities that are more contemporary (snowboarding, white- water rafting, high-ropes course, and rock climbing) but in...