Following Blood Trails: A SAR Perspective
Authors Unless otherwise noted, this presentation is based upon the research and field work of Mark Gleason and C. Steve Frye. The presentation was created by Mark Gleason.
Both are members of the Virginia-based Search and Rescue Tracking Institute (www.sarti.us). This presentation may be used by others for educational purposes, with proper credit given to the authors or referenced sources.
Credits and Thanks
Photographs on slides 19-22 are used with the expressed permission of Joe Slemko, of J. Slemko Forensic Consulting. email: jslemko@bloodspatter.com; website: www.bloodspatter.com
Poke Week photograph from Kevin Brewer. Information regarding the properties of blood, wounds, and blood clotting was obtained, in part, from discussions with Dr. K. Miller, Search and Rescue Tracking Institute. Information regarding types of wounds and resulting blood trails are from the work of Tyron J. Cunningham from his 2004 publication entitled, “Scout Craft and Scout Tracking...