Copper Mountain has SAO grad on the Ski Patrol

Copper Mountain has SAO grad on the Ski Patrol
Pat Stockhausen is working on the ski patrol at Copper Mountain this season!

Copper Mountain has great SAO grade operating cats

Copper Mountain has great SAO grade operating cats
Brock Camper is working at Copper Mountain as a snowmaker and snowcat operator.

New CPR method: 100 compressions per minute

Mayo Clinic produces video about the technique.
A video titled Continuous Chest Compression CPR - Mayo Clinic Presentation explains the new CPR method. The idea is based on several issues. 1 is keeping blood pressure up to force blood all ready enriched with oxygen into the brain. 2 is the idea that most people did not like performing the mouth to mouth part of the compressions.
There is a companion website Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): First aid. The website explains if you are confident and trained mouth to mouth is still a good idea, but the ratios should be 30 compressions to two breaths.

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Keywords: CPR, cardio pulmonary resuscitation, mayo clinic, chest compressions, mouth to mouth

Josh Hewitt is working at Snow King Resort in Wyoming

Josh Hewitt a CMC SAO grad is working at Snow King Resort in Wyoming. He is teaching, patrolling as as usually doing anything and everything else needed at a resort.

Other Voice on the Helmet Debate

Jon Heshka of Thompson River University

In an article Why ski helmets alone won't reduce serious injuries Jon Heshka of Thompson River University talks about what helmets will and will not do.

Great article

Keywords: outdoor recreation, helmets, skiing, snowboarding, ski helmets, snowboarding helmets

SAO Grad working for Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Rachel Brunetti is currently working as a lift Operator for Crested Butte Mountain Resort.

Helmets do not increase risk of a neck injury when skiing

How this contradicts claims made by injured skiers, let's hope the study wins.

The Canadian Medical Association Journal released a study The effect of helmets on the risk of head and neck injuries among skiers and snowboarders: a meta-analysis. he study showed that there was no increased risk to a skier or snowboarder when wearing helmets.

The study was only a review of electronic databases,
conference proceedings and reference lists.

Several claims have been made that helmets have caused neck injuries in small or petite children with older style heavy helmets.

To see an article about the study see SportsOneSource Canadian Study Finds Ski Helmets Don't Increase Risk of Neck Injury.

Connor Pettibone is driving Cats at Vail

Connor Pettibone is driving cats at Vail for the 09-10 ski season. He says he is having a great time and is planning on sticking around for thet summer. Another CMC Grad of the SAO program.

New way to purchase lift tickets

Liftopia offers discounted lift tickets for off peak ski days

Ski resorts who would like to increase attendance on slow or off peak days now have an option for doing so. By partnering with Liftopia, resorts will be able to offer variable or reduced pricing on lift tickets, in some cases as much as a sixty (60%) discount at some resorts.

Liftopia has been around since 2006 and has started to take off this year with several new resorts jumping on board.

If you are interested in the program, go to Liftopia's website. You will pick a region of the US and a date range when you would like to visit the resort. The site will then present a list of possible tickets and prices. There will also be a flexible date option.

For more information about this program see Liftopia Raises Another $1 Million For Variable Ski Resort Ticket Pricing.

SAO Grad working as Vail Lift Mechanic Apprentice

Kelly Davis is working at Vail this season as a Vail Lift Mechanic Apprentice.

PSIA-AASI to Host Massive Snowsports Celebration at Snowmass

The Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) and American Association of Snowboard Instructors (AASI) are hosting the biggest party in the history of snowsports instruction. Titled the 50/50—in celebration of five decades of instruction past and decades yet to come—members, guests, industry partners, and media are invited to join the associations for seven days of parties, skiing, riding, learning, and reminiscing at Colorado’s iconic Snowmass resort in April 2011.


Get the official story at http://www.thesnowpros.org/images/uploads/content-uploads/5050_PR__March2010.pdf.

Skiing coming to Texas……will they stay home?

Developer planning indoor ski area in mall.

A Grapevine Texas developer is planning an indoor ski area at a mall in the Grapevine Mills Mall. The proposed will also have an ice climbing wall, luge track, and shops and restaurants. The proposed name is Texas Alps. See Indoor ski slope planned for Grapevine.

This ski area will be joined with several other themed areas with the goal of bringing the equator and the North Pole together in Texas.

Will they still come north?

Justin Dirks is completing a 4 year degree at Western State College

Justin Dirks a CMC SAO graudate has transferred to Western State College and is working on a four year degree in Business Administraton-Management. He is planning on graduating in the Spring of 2011.

Helmet death ignited by misconception and famous personalities

Neither is an effective way to deal with risk management issues

A big debate has started over helmets. The debate is fueled by two things. First is the death of Natasha Richardson. The second is a misconception of the value of helmets in skiing.
The public relations surrounding the death of a famous person from a head injury always triggers a helmet debate. However, the debate seems inane when the head injury that caused the fatality of Natasha Richards would not have been protected by a helmet. Natasha Richards died of a rotation injury that no helmet would have prevented.

Second is the misconception about helmets. Helmets don't stop fatalities. Helmets may stop head injuries in non-fatal ski/board accidents.

The debate is hot in Jackson Hole because of a fatality caused by a head injury by a ski patroller at the resort. While performing her duties as a patroller, she suffered a head injury in an out of bounds couloirs.OSHA and the state fined Jackson Hole Ski Resort for not having the patroller wear a helmet. However,by most accounts, a helmet would not have protected the fatality. See Jackson death spurs helmetdebate.

Vail Resorts and Intrawest have both published new helmet policies for guests and have in the past or have added requirements for employees when working within the past seven months. See Intrawest ski resorts increasing helmet use and Vail Resorts Makes Helmets Mandatory for Employees in 2009-2010 Winter Season.

The misconception is the biggest problems. Studies show that helmets do not reduce fatalities. Skiers and boarders who suffer a collision or an injury sufficient to cause a death while skiing or boarding die of some other issue.

See the following studies: Do helmets reduce fatalities or merely alter the Patterns of Death by Shealy, Jasper E., Johnson, Robert J., and Ettlinger, Carl F. Skiing Trauma and Safety, 17^th Volume 2009 and Head injuries in Snowboarding: Evaluating the Protective Rule, Scher, Iriving, Richards, Darrin, and Carhart, Michael, Skiing Trauma and Safety, 16^th Volume, 2008.

Helmets do prevent head injuries. Most noticeably in, terrain park injuries and backward snowboarder falls, possibly in skier v skier (or skier v. boarder or boarder v. boarder) collisions. See the above studies.

For other articles about ski resorts and helmets see: Whistler Blackcomb mandates helmet use by youth instructors, Jackson death spurs helmet debate.

What does all of this mean? If you ski and snowboard wear a helmet…..or not. Do not expect a helmet to save your life, it will only prevent head injuries.

SAO Grad working in the East

Why you would leave CO to ski the East, I don't know,... :) But Patrick Torsell is  grooming at Mt. Ellen at Sugarbush. Pat is also running a couple of ski related websites.

http://www.mogulskiing.net

http://forums.mogulskiing.net