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A New Mexico Search & Rescue Conference

The New Mexico Search and Rescue Council, a non-profit, all-volunteer organization that represents the largest group of wilderness search and rescue teams in the state, will be hosting the 2011 "Escape" in Ruido, NM, on May 13–15 at the Ruido Convention Center.

Courses offered at this year's conference will include:
  • Land Navigation
  • Air to Ground Visual Signals
  • Amateur Radio 
  • Introduction to Technical Rescue
  • Knots
  • Soft Tissue Injuries
  • Map and Compass
  • GPS
  • Heat and Electrolyte Emergencies
  • Choosing a Communication System
  • Patient Packing
... and much more.

To see the complete schedule and find out more about the conference, lodging and the keynote speaker, see http://www.escapeinfo.org/.

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