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Position Name Time 1 Amy Kimberley 38.20 2 Myles Robinson 23.11 wrong no. 8, missing no. 10 3 Emma Vincent 26.57 wrong no.8 4 Lewis Shooter 40.40 wrong no.10 Back up to contents
Position Name Time 1 Catherine Hughes 17.26 2 Ranald Macdonald 19.36 3 Vicky Jones 21.49 4 Andy Maddison 22.19 5 Daniel Kimberley 22.41 6 Rachel Davis 27.44 7 Sarah Richardson 32.11 8 Freya Boyes 46.00 9 Matthew Wallace 21.47 wrong no.2 10 Kate and Nick 36.46 wrong no.2 11 Myles Robinson Retired Back up to contents
Challenge Event Course (Score)
Score course & First Aid challenge Points Position Name Time Controls Time First Aid Total 1 Val Johnson 44.02 80 0 67.5 147.5 2 John Hopper 45.07 95 -2 53 146 3 Tony Donaldson 44.07 90 0 38.5 128.5 4 Mike Gardner 45 90 0 36 126 5 Graham Johnson 43 75 0 47 122 6 Steve Kimberley 59.34 85 -30 65.5 120.5 7 Eleanor&Nigel Robinson 47.16 80 -6 41 115 8 Ian Parfitt 46.38 70 -4 32.5 98.5 9 Emily & Robert 47.3 65 -6 34 93 10 Matthew Wallace 52.26 80 -16 7 71 11 Michelle&Peter Mackervoy 57.1 50 -26 35 59 12 Brian Dennis (Disq OOB) 49.31 75 -10 50.5 115.5
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Thank you all very much for turning up and having a go. Particularly those people who used the opportunity to try something harder than they would normally do. Thank you also to the weather for being perfect.
The problem with planning is that I never stop learning. This time I discovered that you do not allow a Yellow course to go past a control without stopping at it. Sorry to Myles and Emma for this, I can see how you got confused, my fault entirely.
Light green control number 2 was also difficult as you had to make a path route choice and negotiate a couple of junctions. I am sure that if the control had shown a confirmation of where you were (eg. a known letter) then neither Kate & Nick, nor Matthew would have made this mistake. You were both one path out with the control you found.
For the score event, every control was visited by at least one person, for which I am very grateful.
Sorry you didn't notice the Out Of Bounds shown on the map Brian and that the barbed wire took chunks out of you as you tried to climb into it, you would have done very well otherwise. Overall I was relieved to see that the general level of first aid knowledge of the orienteers present was quite good. It is reassuring that most of you would deal reasonably effectively with anything that you came across when out and about. The correct answers follow, I accepted anything that contained the key words, with part scores for partly correct answers.
QUESTIONS FOR SUMMER LEAGUE
1. What are the three principle aims of first aid? Preserve life, limit worsening,
promote recovery.
2. What is first aid? Initial assistance given to someone after an accident
or quick on-set illness.
3. How do you generally control bleeding? Apply pressure and elevate. (Persuade
casualty to rest.)
4. What do you do for a nosebleed? Sit down, tip head forward, pinch soft part
of nose closed.
5. What do you tell a person to do after a nosebleed has stopped? Don't rush
around, blow or pick your nose.
6. Give five possible causes of unconsciousness. Faint, Injury, Infantile convulsions,
Shock, Head injury, Stroke, Heart attack, Asphyxia (anything preventing flow
of oxygen to brain), Poisoning, Epilepsy, Electrocution, Diabetes, Extremes
of temperature.
7. When going to deal with a first aid situation, what is the first thing you
look for? Dangers - look after your own safety first.
8. How do you check a person's level of consciousness? Talk and touch.
9. What is hypothermia? Lowering of the core body temperature.
10. What would you do for someone with heatstroke? Place them in the shade /
cool, cool them, eg. fan / sprinkle with water and rehydrate, sips of water
or squash ideal.
11. When would you use indirect pressure to control bleeding? Object in wound,
bone protruding through skin, wound inaccessible (eg. casualty trapped), direct
pressure proved insufficient.
12. What is the general treatment for a fracture? Immobilise.
13. How would you treat a burn? Cold water, keep clean (preferably sterile).
14. If someone has punctured a lung, which side would you lean him or her towards?
Injured side.
15. What is a compression head injury? Anything putting pressure onto the brain,
eg. damaged skull, internal bleeding.
16. What is a concussion head injury? Shaking and rattling of the brain, eg.
after a blow or whiplash type injury.
17. What are the four ways in which a poison can enter the body? Inhalation,
absorption, injection, ingestion.
18. What are the two emergency phone numbers? 999 and 112
19. If you suspected that someone has had a heart attack, when would you call
an ambulance? Immediately after checking their level of consciousness and breathing.
20. If someone were unconscious but breathing what would you do with him or
her? Place in recovery position (on their side) call an ambulance.
21. If someone were unconscious and not breathing after an accident what would
you do? Start rescuing breathing (and if necessary chest compressions), call
an ambulance.
22. What does the heart do? Pumps blood around the whole body.
23. How would you treat someone who is choking? Ask them to cough, if no good,
try up to 5 hard back slaps between shoulder blades, if still no good, try up
to 5 abdominal thrusts, if abdominal thrust needed call an ambulance.
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