ottawa ski club - the Gatineau Valley Historical Society

JUVENILE INSTRUCTION
by Bill Peterson
There will be free lessons for members between the ages of 13 and 17 years of age.
Lessons are from 10:30 a.m. until noon, starting on Saturday, January 8 and continuing
for the next 8 Saturdays. Meeting place is the base of Peewee and no registration is
required.
OS.C.A.R.
(Ski Patrol)
The Ottawa Ski Club Aid and Rescue organization has provided excellent ski patrol service
at Camp Fortune for the past 9 years. During this period these fme red coated men with a
cross on their backs have come to be affectionately known as oscars; so for you newcomers
to the Ottawa Ski Club who have the misfortune to hurt yourselves or wish to
obtain the help of a patroller, the word to shout is 'OSCAR' and any employee or
knowledgeable skier will be able to help you.
To improve their service the 'OSCARS' now have a tracked vehicle, known as the
'GREEN MONSTER' which serves as a ski ambulance. This vehicle is very manoeuvrable
and is a great asset in emergencies because it can go just about everywhere, hills or trails.
A conventional snowmobile is also utilised by the OSCARS to tow loaded rescue
toboggans quickly to the First Aid Post in order to treat the casulty more efficiently.
On weekends the patrol is aided by volunteers from the St. Johns Ambulance Corps. The
St. John's people staff the First Aid Post and provide a standby ambulance to take
seriously injured skiers to hospital.
The First Aid Post is always staffed so that quick action can be taken when an emergency
call comes in.
As well as doing a full winters work the Oscars still fmd time for a lot of 'after hours' fun
in their chalet between Peewee and Slalom hills. Fortunately, for us they enjoy a great
'esprit de corps' and work well together.
NOTE: Anyone wishing to join the OSCAR fraternity should call - Mr. Ted Slack at
1489-3231.
Injured persons on the ski slopes -
EMERGENCIES
1. Look for a member of the Ottawa Ski Club Aid and Rescue Service (they wear red
jackets with white and black crosses on the back). If one is in sight call 'Oscar'.
2. If an Oscar is not immediately in sighta.
Leave somebody with the casualty. They should stand uphill of the casualty so
that they can direct traffic around the casualty.
b. Dispatch someone to ski tow-hut and report the accident to the tow operator.
All tow-huts have phone lines to the Oscar Lodge and First Aid Post and the
operators are fully instructed in the fastest way of obtaining assistance.
c. Remain at the tow-hut until assured that the location of the accident has been
properly relayed to Oscar.
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