Accidents can happen when we are without a phone or the area we are in is not covered by a signal. What to do?
What do we do first?
• We insure ourselves and the injured person against possible dangers and further injuries.
• Stay calm, assess the situation.
• Within the scope of our knowledge, we offer first aid.
• We call for help.
We communicate briefly and clearly
• Who is calling?
• What happened?
• When and where did the accident occur (indicate the location as precisely as possible, possibly including GPS coordinates)?
• How many are injured?
• What are the injuries?
• What are the conditions at the scene of the accident?
• You can just send an SMS: I need help, call me back!
• All conversations on the number 112 are recorded.
Let’s save the battery of the mobile phone. If there is no network, we try to send an SMS message to the number 112.
In the mountains it is sometimes difficult to get a phone. Mobile telephony has greatly reduced this problem. However, we can still be unlucky when we are without a phone or the area we are in is not covered by a signal. In this case, a written message about the accident must reach the intelligence point. Intelligence points are mountain outposts, high mountain farms and other outposts in the mountain world, and police stations in the valley. Intelligence points are visibly marked with the GRS sign.
INFORMATION POINTS:*
KAMNIŠKO SEDLO: 05/92-22-868
KOKRŠKO SEDLO: 05/92-22-869
KOROŠICA: 041-380-176 (send an SMS!)
HOME IN KAMNIŠKA BISTRICA: 01-83-25-544
KAMNIK POLICE: 113
GRS KAMNIK: 041-734-749
MORE IMPORTANT NUMBERS:*
REGIONAL INFORMATION CENTER: 112
KAMNIK-UKC POLICE: 113
HOSPITAL KAMNIK: 112
JARŠKI DOM NA MALA PLANINA: 041-676-254
DOMŽALSKI DOM NA MALA PLANINA: 051-665-665
ČRNUŠKA KOČA NA MALA PLANINA: 041-621-732
HOME ON MENINA PLANINA: 041-783-668
KAMNIŠKA BISTRICA PRI JURJU: 01/832-55-47
*data updated on June 22, 2012
You can find information about other mountain huts on the website of the Mountaineering Association of Slovenia.
When an accident occurs, first call 112, where the operator of the Regional Information Center will answer you and say: what happened, where it happened, how many were injured and how you helped them. Give your information and a phone number where the rescuers can call for additional information and, if possible, the location.
If a helicopter with a crew and rescuers is coming to help, when the helicopter arrives, turn towards the helicopter and use the position of your hands to illustrate a message to the crew. The international sign for “YES”, which means “Yes, I need help”, is illustrated by both hands raised, extended and slightly apart.
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