Caring for and evacuating patients located beyond the "road head" provides a unique set of challenges for prehospital care providers. In fact, the rural, remote or "wilderness" incidents are big magnifiers of small problems. Rescuers and EMS responders need to think differently in these environments! The environment, response distance and ability to carry everything needed at these incidents means a different approach is needed. Whether you are an outdoor enthusiast or a provider who occasionally faces prolonged care situations, your understanding of the concepts of Wilderness Medicine are essential. Based on Wilderness Medical Association guidelines, this highly informative and interactive 8-hour workshop – which will be taught by two medical and wilderness experts - with a mixture of lecture, discussion and hands on training. Wilderness Medicine experts, Will Smith, MD\ and Jon Politis, NRP will spend the day covering:
- Anatomy of “backcountry”/rural/wilderness emergencies
-How to prevent emergencies and the essentials of outdoor leadership
- How to effectively deal with common wilderness medical issues
-Common environmental emergencies
- How to adapt supplies and equipment to the wilderness environment
-The essentials of helicopter evacuation/rescue in a rural/remote/wilderness areas
-Improvised wilderness evacuation
-Litter evacuation/carries
Whether you are an outdoor enthusiast seeking to enhance your backcountry skills or an emergency responder who gets called to extended care situations, this 8-hour workshop will be invaluable to you and your agency!
The price for this workshop is $225.00/early and $250.00/regular.