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    55 gallon trash bag and a candle. The combo will make a quick and warm shelter. Small light of some kind, and a lighter. I hope these were'nt to obvious.
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    i would also recommend a few yards of cordage. definitely agree with the lighter, why use a steel if you can just as easily have a bic.

    it seems strange to me to hear about flight personel on any aircraft not including a ditch kit. i've never personally known a pilot who didn't include some emergency gear to help provide for an unplanned landing.
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    i assume the medi-flight would have water on board?
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    Rebel - you are only talking about a few hours so the main thing you want to concern yourself with is warmth of the medical personnel and the patient if they have one on board but you never know where you are going to come down. Canid is correct, they should be looking at a ditch kit. Doug Ritter has a ton of information geared toward aircraft survival. You can look through his site at:

    http://www.equipped.org/home.htm

    At the very least they need to get a case of chemical warmers:

    http://www.littlehottieswarmers.com/
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    is a survival kit not mandatory i know it is in small planes

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    Rebel, some items in her pockets could be handy. The air craft maybe on fire. No time to grab the kit.

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    Rebel, I hope she's wearing one of those big-a**ed down parkas with big cargo pockets all over it. She can keep something to start a fire with and a small tarp or space blanket to throw up as a quick shelter. Your posting that these folks don't get any survival training is kind of a concern. Could she and her co-workers not demand it, given their circumstances?

    I know how cold it gets where you live man, and how cold it gets in choppers in these climes too. It's nasty.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rebel View Post
    I like your ideas. Some items in the pocket would be handy. As for the parka yes but, its nylon. It would probably melt. Some hospitals do have professional survival training. Not here. Should be standardized.

    It won't melt. The insulation is what's important and down is still as good as it gets. I agree, the training should be standardized.
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    What if she carried one of those 98 cent rain ponchos and a thermal blanket (get the ones that come in like a sleeping bag) she could use the poncho to make it water proof and the thermal sleeping bag keeps in more than 90% of heat
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    Cool Yo, Rebel.....

    100' of 550 cord, roll of either Duct Tape or Gorilla Tape, Freakin' signal mirror and a good quality whistle. I don't go anywhere without a nice Victorinox Swiss Army Knife; and while we're on the subject, have everyone of those great folks buy & read a copy of Cody Lundin's book: "98.6: The Art Of Keeping Your A*s Alive." Ask Rick about this one, great book on Survival for medical personel. Also John "Lofty" Wiseman's: "The SAS Survival Handbook." This book is a great reference tool and will help these folks if they can't get training.
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    Here's a thought. Why don't YOU hold a seminar and teach them survival. It is your wife, right?
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    Rick, his intelligence might be questioned after all she knows him.

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