Peak 2 Peak Safety

09/26/2025

06/04/2025

In Alberta, a Green Sleeve is crucial—it tells paramedics your medical wishes and history, helping them make informed decisions in an emergency.

Do you know what a Green Sleeve is? A Green Sleeve is a green plastic pocket that contains important health information, such as if you want to be resuscitated. It is recommended that everyone have a Green Sleeve setup even if you do not have a serious illness.
Interested in learning more about Green Sleeves or wanting to setup a Green Sleeve? Visit our website https://bowvalleypcn.ca/social-worker/ to learn more about how to book an appointment with our Community Social Worker!

04/13/2025

⚠️ Tomorrow at 10:00 am, ID 9 (the Lake Louise area), Canmore, Banff, the MD of Bighorn, and Yoho National Park/Field, B.C. are simultaneously testing the Voyent Alert notification system.
In a real emergency, Voyent would be used to send you critical updates that would help protect you, your family, and those around you.

🔗 If you haven't signed up for Voyent Alert yet, visit register.voyent-alert.com or download the Voyent Alert app from Apple or Google Play stores.

No matter where you are living, working, or playing in the Bow Valley, you can count on getting the critical information you need, when you need it, and how you want it.

04/13/2025

Many Parks Canada emergency and maintenance vehicles are equipped with light bars or beacons. 🚨

❗ If you see roadside flashing lights while driving through the national parks, you must act accordingly.

In British Columbia, when passing roadside vehicles with lights activated, drivers must slow their speed to:
🛣️ 70 km/h when in an 80 km/hour or over zone
🛣️ 40 km/h when in an under 80 km/hour zone
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/driving-and-cycling/road-safety-rules-and-consequences/slow-down-move-over

In Alberta, motorists must slow to 60 km/hour or the posted speed limit (whichever is lower) when passing stopped vehicles with flashing lights. https://www.alberta.ca/roadside-worker-safety

Drivers should move into the far lane wherever possible to provide additional space to roadside workers. ↔️

03/27/2025

Throwback Thursday, slashed but saved.
March 22nd 1989, as players collided during a game between his Buffalo Sabres and the St. Louis Blues, the skate blade of the Blues’ Steve Tuttle slashed Sabres goalie Clint Malarchuk’s internal carotid artery. Despite suffering massive blood loss, Malarchuck was able to skate off the ice.

The quick thinking of the Sabres’ athletic trainer Jim Pizzutelli saved Malarchuk’s life. Pizzutelli, a former Army combat medic who served in Vietnam, gripped Malarchuk’s neck and pinches off the blood vessel, not letting go until doctors arrived to begin stabilizing the wound. The team doctor applied extreme pressure by kneeling on Malarchuk’s collarbone, a procedure designed to produce a low breathing rate and low metabolic state.

Malarchuk was conscious and talking while he was transported to the hospital, and jokingly asked paramedics if they would bring him back in time for the third period. The game resumed when league personnel received word that Malarchuk was in stable condition.

Malarchuk ended up losing 1.5 liters of blood, one-third of the blood in his body, and three-hundred stitches were needed to close the six-inch wound. It is estimated that if the skate had hit 1/8 inch higher on his carotid, he would have been dead within two minutes. Instead, the goalie was back on the ice in ten days.

03/21/2025

The Heimlich maneuver, wouldn’t be developed by Dr. Henry Heimlich until 1974.

Dr. Heimlich first described the procedure in the medical journal Emergency Medicine, demonstrating that abdominal thrusts could effectively force out a blocked object by creating pressure in the diaphragm.

The maneuver quickly gained recognition and was widely adopted by emergency responders and medical organizations. Over time, some guidelines evolved to include back blows as a first response before abdominal thrusts, but the Heimlich maneuver remains a critical life-saving technique for choking emergencies, particularly in adults.

Interestingly enough, Dr. Heimlich didn’t actually use the Heimlich maneuver to save someone’s life until he was 96 years old, four decades after he invented it.

02/24/2025

Great job by the bystanders 💚

02/24/2025

In 2011, more than 20 people took turns performing CPR on Howard Snitzer for over 90 minutes outside a Minnesota grocery store. Snitzer had suffered a heart attack. Paramedics arrived by helicopter.

02/17/2025

Splinting in Workplace First Aid

Improvised splints aren’t just for the backcountry—they can provide crucial support and pain relief in the workplace while waiting for emergency services.

In our training, we teach practical splinting techniques using common workplace items, helping you stabilize injuries quickly and effectively.

02/15/2025

Empower your team to respond with confidence in an emergency 🚑

Even if it’s not mandatory, first aid training is a valuable addition to any workplace safety plan. It empowers your team to handle emergencies and potentially save a life.

Our Alberta OH&S approved first aid training:

🚨Basic First Aid
🚨Intermediate First Aid
🚨Basic Life Support (BLS / HCP)

Register or request a quote for a private onsite course @ peak2peaksafety@gmail.com

Or visit us online @ peaksafety.ca