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Survival Skillset

Lesson 9 of 12

Calling for help and giving your location

35 min

Your friend has fallen on the descent and her lower leg is bent where it should not be. You have one bar of signal. Your hands are shaking. You dial 999 and a calm voice says "Emergency, which service?" and suddenly you are not sure. Ambulance, surely? She is injured. And then, when you are put through: "Where are you?" You know roughly. You came up from the car park,…

In this lesson

  • Calling 999 or 112
  • Asking for the right service
  • What to say
  • Abroad
  • Emergency SMS (UK)
  • Registering (do this now, not on the hill)
  • Using it in an emergency
  • Advanced Mobile Location (AML)
  • Giving an accurate location
  • Getting a position from your phone
  • Giving it in a form rescuers can use
  • What3words: using it with care

The rest of this lesson is in the full course

Every module, practical and exam, self-paced and private, with a certificate at the end.

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